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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






11. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






12. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






14. Studied observational learning






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






16. Object-relations theorist






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






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






19. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






22. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






23. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






28. Studied attitude change






29. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






30. Object-relations theorist






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






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






33. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






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






35. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






39. Studied insights in problem solving






40. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






42. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






43. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






48. Studied locus of control






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






50. 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