Test your basic knowledge |

GRE Psychology: Important Names

Subjects : gre, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






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






3. 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






4. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






8. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






9. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






18. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






21. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






22. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






24. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






27. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






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






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






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






31. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells






32. Studied observational learning






33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






34. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






36. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






39. 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.






40. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






44. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






48. Studied locus of control






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






50. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation