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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






6. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






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






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






9. Founder of ego psychology






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






11. Object-relations theorist






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






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






14. Developed sociobiology






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






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






17. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






19. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






20. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






21. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






24. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






25. Object-relations theorist






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






27. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






29. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






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






41. Studied observational learning






42. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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