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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






3. Studied locus of control






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






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






6. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






7. 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






8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






10. Object-relations theorist






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






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






13. Founder of ego psychology






14. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






17. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






19. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






22. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






25. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






41. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






42. Studied observational learning






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






44. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory