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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Critic of trait theories of personality






2. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






7. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






9. 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






10. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






12. 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






13. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






14. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






19. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






20. Studied political norms






21. Object-relations theorist






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






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






24. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






25. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






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






31. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






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






37. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






39. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






43. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






44. Object-relations theorist






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






46. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






49. Developed sociobiology






50. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality