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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






12. Object-relations theorist






13. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






26. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






27. Developed sociobiology






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






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






30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






33. Studied locus of control






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






35. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions






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






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






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






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






40. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Studied political norms






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







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