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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






3. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






9. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






10. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






15. Founder of ego psychology






16. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






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






22. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






25. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






26. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






30. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






31. Developed theory of isomorphism






32. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






33. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






34. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






38. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






41. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






44. Studied attitude change






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






46. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






47. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






49. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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