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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






3. Studied locus of control






4. Developed theory of isomorphism






5. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






6. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






7. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






11. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Critic of trait theories of personality






17. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






18. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






19. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions






20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






24. Proposed filter theory of attention






25. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






27. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






29. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






42. Object-relations theorist






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






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






45. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






46. Developed sociobiology






47. Object-relations theorist






48. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving






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






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