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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






4. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






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






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






7. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Object-relations theorist






17. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






19. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






20. Proposed gate theory of pain






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






35. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






36. Object-relations theorist






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






38. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






40. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






41. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






42. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






43. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






45. Object-relations theorist






46. Studied political norms






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






48. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






50. Studied need for achievement (nAch)







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