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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed sociobiology






2. Object-relations theorist






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






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






5. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






6. Object-relations theorist






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






8. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Studied insights in problem solving






17. 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.






18. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






23. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






24. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






25. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






26. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






28. Object-relations theorist






29. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory






30. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






34. Founder of ego psychology






35. Proposed filter theory of attention






36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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






47. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






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






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






50. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems