British psychologist — Oxford and Institute of Psychiatry — who created the Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System (BIS/BAS) theory of anxiety and personality — whose work is a foundational influence on Jordan Peterson.
Creates the BIS/BAS framework for anxiety and personality — Gray's theory (that anxiety is produced by the Behavioral Inhibition System, which activates when expected rewards fail to appear or punishment threatens, and that this system underlies individual differences in anxiety-proneness) is the most influential biological theory of anxiety in personality psychology.
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