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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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.






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






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






4. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.






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






6. 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.






7. Studied insights in problem solving






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






9. Object-relations theorist






10. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






12. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






19. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






23. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






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






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






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






27. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






30. Studied attitude change






31. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






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






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






34. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






38. Critic of trait theories of personality






39. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory






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






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






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






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






44. Developed sociobiology






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






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






47. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






48. Object-relations theorist






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






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