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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






2. Studied attitude change






3. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






5. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






6. Object-relations theorist






7. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






8. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






10. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






13. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






14. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






17. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






19. Studied political norms






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






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






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






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






25. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






28. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






33. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






35. 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.






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






37. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)






38. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






40. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






41. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






47. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






49. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






50. Proposed filter theory of attention