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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






5. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






6. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






8. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






9. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






13. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)






14. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






16. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






21. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






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






23. Object-relations theorist






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






25. Studied locus of control






26. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






27. Proposed filter theory of attention






28. 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.






29. Developed theory of isomorphism






30. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






32. Studied attitude change






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






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






35. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






39. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






50. Developed sociobiology







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