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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






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






7. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






10. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






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






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






25. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






34. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






37. Object-relations theorist






38. Object-relations theorist






39. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






42. Developed sociobiology






43. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






46. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






49. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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