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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






6. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






8. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






9. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






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






14. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






16. Object-relations theorist






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






18. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






19. Object-relations theorist






20. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






22. Developed sociobiology






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






24. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






25. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






30. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






33. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






34. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)






35. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






36. Studied attitude change






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






38. 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.






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






40. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






41. 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






42. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning






43. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






45. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






47. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






48. Studied observational learning






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






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