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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






8. Proposed filter theory of attention






9. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






11. Developed sociobiology






12. Object-relations theorist






13. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






14. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






16. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






17. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization






18. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






22. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






23. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Studied observational learning






33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






38. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






39. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse