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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied observational learning






2. Studied attitude change






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






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






5. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving






6. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers






7. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






8. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli






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






10. Object-relations theorist






11. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






12. Object-relations theorist






13. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






14. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






15. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






16. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions






17. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






18. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






19. Studied locus of control






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






21. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic






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






23. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






24. Critic of trait theories of personality






25. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






26. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)






27. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






28. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






29. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






31. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






32. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






34. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






36. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity






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






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






39. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






41. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






42. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.






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






44. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






45. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






47. Object-relations theorist






48. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






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






50. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings







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