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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






4. Studied insights in problem solving






5. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






7. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






17. Founder of ego psychology






18. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






22. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






24. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






25. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






28. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






30. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






31. Studied locus of control






32. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






37. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






42. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






46. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






47. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






48. 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.






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






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