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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied observational learning






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






3. 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.






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






5. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






7. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






9. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings






10. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






13. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth






14. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






15. Object-relations theorist






16. Studied insights in problem solving






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






18. Studied political norms






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






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






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






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






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






24. Studied attitude change






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






26. Object-relations theorist






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






28. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






31. Object-relations theorist






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






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






34. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






36. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






38. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






39. Studied locus of control






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






41. Proposed gate theory of pain






42. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results






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






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






45. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






47. 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






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






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






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