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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






2. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






11. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






14. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






15. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






16. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






17. Studied insights in problem solving






18. Developed sociobiology






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






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






21. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






26. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






28. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






32. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






35. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Studied political norms






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Studied observational learning