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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed sociobiology






2. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






4. Studied attitude change






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






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






7. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






11. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






19. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






21. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






27. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats






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






29. Proposed filter theory of attention






30. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






34. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






39. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






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






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






45. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






46. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






47. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.






48. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






49. Critic of trait theories of personality






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