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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






8. Studied locus of control






9. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






11. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






14. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






15. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions






16. Critic of trait theories of personality






17. Studied political norms






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Developed sociobiology






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






31. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






34. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






37. Studied insights in problem solving






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






39. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






40. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats






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






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






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






44. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






49. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory