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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






2. Studied locus of control






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






4. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






5. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






6. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






7. Object-relations theorist






8. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






13. Developed sociobiology






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






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






16. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






19. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






21. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses






22. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






25. Studied attitude change






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






27. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






30. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






35. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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






40. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






43. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






44. Object-relations theorist






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






46. Object-relations theorist






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






48. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






49. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






50. 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.