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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






24. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






29. Studied attitude change






30. Object-relations theorist






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






32. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






33. Studied political norms






34. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






47. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory