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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Object-relations theorist






5. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






8. Studied political norms






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






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






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






12. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Studied insights in problem solving






21. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






23. Founder of ego psychology






24. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






25. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






28. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






31. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






35. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






36. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






39. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






41. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






42. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






47. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






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






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






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