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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Object-relations theorist






4. Studied political norms






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






6. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






10. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






11. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






17. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Object-relations theorist






24. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






29. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






33. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






35. Founder of ego psychology






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






37. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






38. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






42. Object-relations theorist






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






44. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






45. Developed theory of isomorphism






46. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






50. Studied attitude change







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