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






3. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






7. Object-relations theorist






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






9. 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






10. Object-relations theorist






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






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






13. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






14. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






15. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






20. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






23. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






26. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






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






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






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






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






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






32. Studied locus of control






33. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






35. Studied observational learning






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






37. Studied insights in problem solving






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






39. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






45. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






46. Proposed gate theory of pain






47. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






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






49. Developed sociobiology






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