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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






3. Studied locus of control






4. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






5. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity






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






7. Proposed filter theory of attention






8. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






14. Object-relations theorist






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






16. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






18. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






22. Founder of ego psychology






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






32. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






33. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






34. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






35. Studied insights in problem solving






36. Object-relations theorist






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






38. Proposed gate theory of pain






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory






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






45. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






49. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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