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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






2. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






4. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






5. Studied observational learning






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






7. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






9. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts






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






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






12. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






15. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






19. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






20. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






24. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






35. Object-relations theorist






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






37. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






41. Studied locus of control






42. Critic of trait theories of personality






43. Developed sociobiology






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






45. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






48. 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.






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






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