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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






3. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory






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






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






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






7. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception






8. 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.






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






10. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






11. Developed sociobiology






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






13. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






14. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






16. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






17. 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






18. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






19. Studied locus of control






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






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






22. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'






23. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






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






29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






31. Studied observational learning






32. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Object-relations theorist






40. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






41. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






42. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






44. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






45. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






48. Studied political norms






49. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats






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