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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. 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.






3. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






5. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






6. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






11. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






16. Developed sociobiology






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






18. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






20. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






25. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






26. Proposed filter theory of attention






27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






29. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






37. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






39. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






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






44. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






46. Studied attitude change






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






48. Object-relations theorist






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






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