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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






6. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






8. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






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






14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






18. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions






19. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






22. Developed theory of isomorphism






23. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






24. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






27. Object-relations theorist






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






29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






31. Critic of trait theories of personality






32. 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






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






34. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






35. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






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






49. Studied political norms






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