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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






5. Object-relations theorist






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






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






8. 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






9. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






19. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery






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






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






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






23. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






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






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






29. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






31. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






46. Object-relations theorist






47. Studied attitude change






48. Developed sociobiology






49. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






50. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality