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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






4. Studied political norms






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






6. 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






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






8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






11. Object-relations theorist






12. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






16. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)






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






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






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






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






21. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving






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






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






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






25. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






28. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






32. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






35. Object-relations theorist






36. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






39. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






40. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






41. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






43. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






47. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






48. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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