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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






6. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






8. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






9. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






10. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






11. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






14. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






18. Proposed gate theory of pain






19. 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






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






21. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






22. Developed sociobiology






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






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






25. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Studied political norms






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






36. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






38. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






39. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






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






41. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






42. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings






43. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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






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






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