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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






9. Studied locus of control






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






11. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






14. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






15. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






17. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






21. Critic of trait theories of personality






22. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






24. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






25. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






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






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






28. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






30. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






34. Studied political norms






35. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






38. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






40. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






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






42. 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.






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






44. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






49. Studied observational learning






50. Proposed filter theory of attention