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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






7. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






9. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






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






15. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






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






20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






22. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






25. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






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






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






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






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






30. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






31. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






33. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






37. Proposed gate theory of pain






38. Studied observational learning






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






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






41. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






42. Studied insights in problem solving






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






44. 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.






45. Object-relations theorist






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






47. 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.






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






49. Critic of trait theories of personality






50. Studied attitude change