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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






8. 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.






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






10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






11. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Founder of ego psychology






21. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






22. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






26. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






27. Developed theory of isomorphism






28. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






33. Object-relations theorist






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






35. Object-relations theorist






36. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






41. Object-relations theorist






42. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.






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






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






45. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






47. 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.






48. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






50. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan