Test your basic knowledge |

GRE Psychology: Important Names

Subjects : gre, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






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






3. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






8. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






10. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






14. Studied attitude change






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






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






17. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






18. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






22. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






24. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






25. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






28. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






29. Developed sociobiology






30. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






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






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






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






34. Object-relations theorist






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






36. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






38. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






40. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






41. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






42. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






50. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan