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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






6. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






11. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






12. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






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






14. 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.






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






16. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






18. Studied locus of control






19. 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.






20. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






22. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






25. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






26. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






28. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






32. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






34. Object-relations theorist






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






36. 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






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






38. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






41. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






43. Studied observational learning






44. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






48. Developed theory of isomorphism






49. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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