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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






7. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






8. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






11. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






12. 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






13. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






14. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






16. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






19. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






22. Critic of trait theories of personality






23. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






25. Developed sociobiology






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






27. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






28. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Founder of ego psychology






43. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






46. Studied political norms






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






48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






49. Studied observational learning






50. Developed theory of isomorphism