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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






9. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






12. Object-relations theorist






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






14. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






16. Studied locus of control






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






18. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






21. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g






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






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






24. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






25. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






30. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






31. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






33. Object-relations theorist






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






35. Studied attitude change






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






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






38. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






39. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Developed sociobiology






49. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






50. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability







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