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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






3. 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.






4. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






12. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






14. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






17. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






28. Developed sociobiology






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






30. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






32. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






34. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'






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






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






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






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






39. Object-relations theorist






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






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






42. Object-relations theorist






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






44. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived