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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Proposed filter theory of attention






5. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






8. 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.






9. Studied locus of control






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






11. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






14. Object-relations theorist






15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






16. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






18. 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.






19. Object-relations theorist






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






21. Studied insights in problem solving






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






23. Developed theory of isomorphism






24. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






26. Object-relations theorist






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






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






29. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






30. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






33. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






35. Studied attitude change






36. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






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






42. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






44. Studied political norms






45. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






47. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






48. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






49. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






50. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality