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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






11. Founder of ego psychology






12. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






13. Object-relations theorist






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






15. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






20. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts






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






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






23. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






24. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






27. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






30. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






31. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






32. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






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






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






35. Critic of trait theories of personality






36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






37. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






38. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






41. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






45. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






48. Object-relations theorist






49. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






50. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion