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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






6. Studied insights in problem solving






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






8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






12. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






15. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






17. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






19. Developed sociobiology






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






21. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






23. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






24. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism






25. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






26. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






27. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






32. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






36. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






37. Object-relations theorist






38. Object-relations theorist






39. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






40. Studied locus of control






41. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






43. Object-relations theorist






44. Proposed filter theory of attention






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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