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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






2. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






3. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






4. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






5. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions






6. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility






7. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






8. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.






9. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






10. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law






11. Studied insights in problem solving






12. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






13. Studied attitude change






14. Developed theory of isomorphism






15. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth






16. Object-relations theorist






17. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






18. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)






19. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.






20. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






21. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism






22. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions






23. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts






24. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy






25. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results






26. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






27. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






28. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization






29. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions






30. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






31. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






32. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning






33. Proposed gate theory of pain






34. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception






35. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g






36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






37. Object-relations theorist






38. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)






39. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission






40. Object-relations theorist






41. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory






42. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






43. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






44. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells






45. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory






46. Studied locus of control






47. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






48. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items






49. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception






50. Proposed concept of belief in a just world