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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






3. Founder of ego psychology






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






5. Object-relations theorist






6. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






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






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






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






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






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






12. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






13. Studied observational learning






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






15. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






16. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






21. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






35. Studied attitude change






36. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






40. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






41. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






42. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






43. Proposed filter theory of attention






44. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






46. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory