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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






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






11. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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






17. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






18. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






19. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






21. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






23. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






25. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






26. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






27. Founder of ego psychology






28. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






31. Object-relations theorist






32. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






35. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






39. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






40. Studied political norms






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. Object-relations theorist






46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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