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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)






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






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






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






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






21. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






23. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






26. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






27. Proposed filter theory of attention






28. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






29. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






31. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






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






36. Object-relations theorist






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






38. Developed sociobiology






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






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






41. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






42. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






44. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)






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






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






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






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






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






50. Founder of ego psychology