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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






6. Developed theory of isomorphism






7. 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






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






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






10. Studied attitude change






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






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






13. Critic of trait theories of personality






14. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






18. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






19. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






24. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






28. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






30. 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.






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






32. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






33. Object-relations theorist






34. Studied political norms






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






36. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






38. Studied insights in problem solving






39. 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






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






41. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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