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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






5. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






9. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings






10. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






11. Studied political norms






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






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






14. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






15. Founder of ego psychology






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






17. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






18. Proposed gate theory of pain






19. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






21. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






33. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






34. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






35. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






37. Critic of trait theories of personality






38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






41. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






44. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






49. 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.






50. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g