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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






2. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






5. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






8. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






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






14. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






15. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






20. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






21. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






23. 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.






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






25. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






27. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






30. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers






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






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






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






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






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






36. Founder of ego psychology






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






38. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






39. 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.






40. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






42. Studied observational learning






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






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






45. Studied locus of control






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






47. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






48. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






49. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






50. Studied attitude change