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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






8. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






12. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






17. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






18. Studied locus of control






19. Object-relations theorist






20. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






26. Founder of ego psychology






27. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving






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






29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






30. 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.






31. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






32. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






33. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






34. Developed theory of isomorphism






35. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






37. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






40. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






42. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






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






48. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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