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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied locus of control






2. Developed sociobiology






3. 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.






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






5. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






9. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






14. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






23. Object-relations theorist






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






25. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






26. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






30. Studied political norms






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






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






33. Founder of ego psychology






34. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






36. Proposed gate theory of pain






37. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






40. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)






41. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






43. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






46. 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






47. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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