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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






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






7. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






8. Object-relations theorist






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






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






11. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






15. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Studied political norms






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






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






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






26. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






30. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






32. Studied insights in problem solving






33. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






34. Object-relations theorist






35. 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.






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






37. Object-relations theorist






38. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






40. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






42. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees







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