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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






7. Object-relations theorist






8. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






11. Proposed filter theory of attention






12. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






13. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






17. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






27. Studied attitude change






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






29. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






32. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






34. Studied locus of control






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






36. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Developed theory of isomorphism






46. Studied observational learning






47. Object-relations theorist






48. Studied political norms






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






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







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