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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






2. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






6. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






7. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






10. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






13. Object-relations theorist






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






22. Founder of ego psychology






23. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






33. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery






34. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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






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






40. Studied locus of control






41. 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






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






43. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






48. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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