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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






6. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






16. Object-relations theorist






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






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






19. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






21. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






27. Object-relations theorist






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






29. Proposed gate theory of pain






30. 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






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






32. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






34. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






35. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






38. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






39. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






42. Studied political norms






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






44. Founder of ego psychology






45. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






46. Studied locus of control






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






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






49. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






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