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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






7. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






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






13. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






15. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






18. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






20. Developed sociobiology






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






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






23. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






24. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






25. Studied locus of control






26. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






36. Studied political norms






37. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






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






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






40. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






42. Object-relations theorist






43. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






44. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






45. 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






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






47. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






50. 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.