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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






9. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






11. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






15. Critic of trait theories of personality






16. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






17. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






22. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






23. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






26. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






32. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






34. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






36. Founder of ego psychology






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






38. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions






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






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






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






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






43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






44. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






47. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






50. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems