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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






4. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






5. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






7. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method






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






9. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






11. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths






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






13. 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.






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






15. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






16. Object-relations theorist






17. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






19. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






20. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






21. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






23. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






26. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)






27. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






28. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






29. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






30. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






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






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






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






34. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






35. Object-relations theorist






36. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s






37. Studied locus of control






38. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'






39. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






40. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.






41. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses






42. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)






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






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






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






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






47. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers






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






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






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







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