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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied attitude change






2. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






5. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






7. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






8. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






12. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






13. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






15. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






16. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






34. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






35. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






37. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory






38. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






40. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






41. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






42. 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






43. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






44. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






45. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






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






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






48. Object-relations theorist






49. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse