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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






3. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






6. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






7. Studied locus of control






8. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






14. Critic of trait theories of personality






15. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






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






21. Studied attitude change






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






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






24. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






29. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






35. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






37. Studied observational learning






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. Studied insights in problem solving






43. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






45. Studied political norms






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






47. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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







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