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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






4. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






6. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






7. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Studied observational learning






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






16. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






17. Studied political norms






18. Proposed gate theory of pain






19. Object-relations theorist






20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






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






26. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






29. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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






35. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






39. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






40. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






41. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






45. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






47. Founder of ego psychology






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






49. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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