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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






6. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






7. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






8. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






21. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






25. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions






26. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






29. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






30. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






33. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






34. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






39. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






40. Object-relations theorist






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






42. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






44. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






46. Studied locus of control






47. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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