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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. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






4. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






13. Studied insights in problem solving






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






15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






17. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






18. Founder of ego psychology






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






20. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






22. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






24. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






25. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






26. Object-relations theorist






27. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






28. Proposed gate theory of pain






29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






32. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






36. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts






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






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






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






40. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






44. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






49. Developed theory of isomorphism






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