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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






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






11. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






13. Studied political norms






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






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






16. Object-relations theorist






17. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






21. Studied observational learning






22. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.






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






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






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






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






27. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






30. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






32. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






36. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






47. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






49. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






50. Discovered and studied instinctual drift