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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Proposed filter theory of attention






4. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






16. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






19. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






21. Object-relations theorist






22. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






23. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






25. Developed sociobiology






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






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






28. Object-relations theorist






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






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






31. 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.






32. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






34. 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






35. Critic of trait theories of personality






36. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






39. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






41. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






43. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






44. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)






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






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






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






48. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






49. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






50. Object-relations theorist