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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






7. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






13. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






15. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






17. Critic of trait theories of personality






18. Studied insights in problem solving






19. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






20. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






22. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






26. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






27. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






31. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






36. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






38. Studied observational learning






39. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






40. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






42. Developed theory of isomorphism






43. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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