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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






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






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






4. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






8. Studied insights in problem solving






9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






10. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






12. Studied observational learning






13. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






16. Object-relations theorist






17. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






19. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






21. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






22. Studied political norms






23. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






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






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






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






27. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






33. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






36. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






39. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






41. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






42. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






43. Studied locus of control






44. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






46. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






48. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






50. 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.