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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






6. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






11. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






14. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






16. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






19. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






22. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






25. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






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






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






28. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






29. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






31. Object-relations theorist






32. Object-relations theorist






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






34. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






36. Developed sociobiology






37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






38. Studied locus of control






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






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






41. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






46. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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