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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






3. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






4. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






6. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






9. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






11. Founder of ego psychology






12. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Studied observational learning






18. Object-relations theorist






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






20. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






22. 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.






23. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






24. Studied political norms






25. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






26. Studied insights in problem solving






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






28. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






34. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






42. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






46. Developed sociobiology






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






48. Object-relations theorist






49. 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






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