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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






12. 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.






13. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






17. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






28. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






31. Developed sociobiology






32. Object-relations theorist






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






34. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






35. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






36. Object-relations theorist






37. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






40. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






42. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






43. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






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






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






49. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic






50. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived