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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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






2. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






4. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






6. 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






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






8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






10. Studied observational learning






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






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






13. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






16. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






17. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)






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






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






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






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






22. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






30. Founder of ego psychology






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






32. Object-relations theorist






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






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






35. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery






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






37. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






39. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






40. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Developed sociobiology






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






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