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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed sociobiology






2. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






4. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






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






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






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






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






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






10. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






11. 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






12. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






15. Object-relations theorist






16. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)






17. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






18. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






24. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






25. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






27. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






30. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






34. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






36. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






38. Object-relations theorist






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






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






41. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






42. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






46. Studied political norms






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






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






49. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






50. Object-relations theorist