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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






8. Developed sociobiology






9. 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.






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






11. Studied attitude change






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






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






14. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






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






20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






22. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






25. 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






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






27. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






28. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






30. Studied locus of control






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






32. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






33. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






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. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






39. 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.






40. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






44. Object-relations theorist






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






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






47. Studied political norms






48. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






49. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility






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