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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






20. Object-relations theorist






21. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






24. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






33. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory






34. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






36. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






37. Developed sociobiology






38. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






39. 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.






40. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






41. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






42. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.






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






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






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






46. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






49. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)






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