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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






4. Studied attitude change






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






6. Developed sociobiology






7. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






9. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






10. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






13. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






15. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells






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






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






18. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






20. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






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






22. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






26. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions






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






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






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






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






31. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






33. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






35. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






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






37. Studied observational learning






38. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






41. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






42. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.






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






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






45. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






46. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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