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






3. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






8. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






10. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






12. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






14. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






17. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






21. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






24. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






28. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






29. Studied observational learning






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






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






32. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






33. Critic of trait theories of personality






34. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






44. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






47. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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