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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






5. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.






6. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






7. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






10. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






18. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






19. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






21. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






22. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






33. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






38. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






46. 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






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






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






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






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