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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






5. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






6. Studied locus of control






7. Object-relations theorist






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






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






10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






14. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






18. Studied political norms






19. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






21. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)






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






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






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






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






26. Studied observational learning






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






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






29. Developed sociobiology






30. Object-relations theorist






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






33. 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






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






35. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






36. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






37. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism






38. Object-relations theorist






39. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






41. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli






42. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






45. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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







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