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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






3. Developed theory of isomorphism






4. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)






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






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






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






8. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






9. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






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






15. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






16. Studied insights in problem solving






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






18. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






19. Object-relations theorist






20. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






21. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






23. Studied observational learning






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






25. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






38. Studied political norms






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






44. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






45. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






47. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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