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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






2. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






5. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






6. Studied insights in problem solving






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






8. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli






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






10. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






11. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






12. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Founder of ego psychology






21. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






24. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






25. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






29. Developed theory of isomorphism






30. Object-relations theorist






31. Object-relations theorist






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






33. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Proposed gate theory of pain






45. Studied political norms






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion