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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Founder of ego psychology






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






9. 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.






10. Object-relations theorist






11. 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.






12. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






14. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






15. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






16. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






23. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






24. 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






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






26. Developed theory of isomorphism






27. Object-relations theorist






28. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






32. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






35. Developed sociobiology






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






37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






38. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






39. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






41. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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