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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






3. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






4. Proposed filter theory of attention






5. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






7. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






8. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery






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






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






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






12. Object-relations theorist






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






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






15. 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.






16. Developed sociobiology






17. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






23. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






24. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






26. Founder of ego psychology






27. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






32. Critic of trait theories of personality






33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






34. Studied attitude change






35. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






36. Studied insights in problem solving






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






46. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






47. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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