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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






4. Critic of trait theories of personality






5. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






8. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






10. Proposed filter theory of attention






11. Studied political norms






12. Founder of ego psychology






13. Object-relations theorist






14. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






15. Developed sociobiology






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






17. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






22. 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






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






24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






28. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Studied attitude change






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






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






40. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory






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






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






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






44. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






50. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality