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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






8. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






9. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






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






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






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






13. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






14. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






15. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Object-relations theorist






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






22. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Object-relations theorist






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






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






33. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






36. 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.






37. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






39. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






41. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






46. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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