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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






14. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






15. Developed sociobiology






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






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






18. Studied political norms






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






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






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






22. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery






23. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






24. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






25. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






27. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






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






33. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses






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






35. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






36. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






38. Object-relations theorist






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






40. Studied attitude change






41. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






42. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






44. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






46. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






50. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning