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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






11. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers






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






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






14. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






16. Object-relations theorist






17. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






21. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






23. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s






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






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






26. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






34. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






38. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






39. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






40. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






41. 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.






42. Studied political norms






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






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






45. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






47. Object-relations theorist






48. Studied attitude change






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






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