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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






5. Studied observational learning






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






7. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






15. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






18. Proposed gate theory of pain






19. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






28. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






29. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






40. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






41. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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