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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






8. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






12. Critic of trait theories of personality






13. Object-relations theorist






14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






21. Studied attitude change






22. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






30. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






34. Object-relations theorist






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






36. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






37. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






38. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






39. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






40. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






49. Studied political norms






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