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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






6. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






8. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






13. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






18. Developed theory of isomorphism






19. Studied locus of control






20. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






21. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






23. Founder of ego psychology






24. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






25. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






28. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






30. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






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






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






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






34. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






35. Studied attitude change






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






37. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






38. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






45. Object-relations theorist






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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