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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






2. Object-relations theorist






3. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






5. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






6. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






8. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






11. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






12. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






15. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






19. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






21. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






24. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






25. Object-relations theorist






26. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






27. Object-relations theorist






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






29. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






31. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






32. Object-relations theorist






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






34. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






37. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






47. Studied political norms






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






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






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