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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Founder of ego psychology






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






4. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






8. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






12. Object-relations theorist






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






14. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






16. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory






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






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






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






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






21. Studied political norms






22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






25. Studied locus of control






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






27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






29. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






31. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






32. 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.






33. Object-relations theorist






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






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






36. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






37. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






39. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






42. Developed theory of isomorphism






43. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






44. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






47. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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







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