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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






4. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






7. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






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






21. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






23. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






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






26. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






29. Proposed gate theory of pain






30. Object-relations theorist






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






32. Founder of ego psychology






33. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






38. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






39. Studied attitude change






40. 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






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






42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






45. Object-relations theorist






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






47. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






50. Critic of trait theories of personality