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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






6. Developed sociobiology






7. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






8. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






10. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






11. Object-relations theorist






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






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






14. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






18. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






20. Studied observational learning






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






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






23. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






26. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






27. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






28. Studied attitude change






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






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






31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






32. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






34. 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






35. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






38. Object-relations theorist






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






40. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






47. Studied locus of control






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






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






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