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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






4. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






8. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception






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






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






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






12. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






16. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






21. Studied attitude change






22. Studied political norms






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






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






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






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






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






28. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






29. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






30. Studied locus of control






31. Object-relations theorist






32. 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.






33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






34. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






40. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






44. Founder of ego psychology






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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