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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






6. Studied political norms






7. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






9. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






19. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






26. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






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






41. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






43. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






44. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






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






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







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