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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






6. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






8. Object-relations theorist






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






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






11. Proposed filter theory of attention






12. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






20. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






21. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






23. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






24. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






26. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






28. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






32. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






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






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






44. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






48. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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