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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






2. Studied attitude change






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






4. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






9. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






10. Studied observational learning






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






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






13. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






14. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






17. Founder of ego psychology






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






19. 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






20. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






21. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






27. Developed sociobiology






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






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






30. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






33. Proposed filter theory of attention






34. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






36. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






39. Object-relations theorist






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






41. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






42. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






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






44. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






45. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






47. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






48. 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.






49. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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