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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






3. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






6. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






7. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






12. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






16. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






17. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






19. 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.






20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






21. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






25. Object-relations theorist






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






27. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






35. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






36. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






37. Object-relations theorist






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






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






40. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






44. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






48. Studied observational learning






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






50. Proposed concept of belief in a just world