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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






7. Critic of trait theories of personality






8. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






10. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






11. Developed sociobiology






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Studied observational learning






17. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic






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






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






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






28. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






31. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






35. Object-relations theorist






36. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






38. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






39. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.






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






41. Object-relations theorist






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






43. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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