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






3. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






4. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






5. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






7. 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






8. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






9. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






10. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






14. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






15. Object-relations theorist






16. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






20. Founder of ego psychology






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






28. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






37. Studied political norms






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






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






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






41. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






43. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






45. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






46. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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