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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






9. Developed theory of isomorphism






10. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)






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






12. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






13. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






16. Critic of trait theories of personality






17. Developed sociobiology






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






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






20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






23. Object-relations theorist






24. Studied attitude change






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






26. Studied political norms






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






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






29. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






33. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






36. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses






37. Object-relations theorist






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






39. Founder of ego psychology






40. Object-relations theorist






41. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






44. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






46. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory