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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






4. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






5. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






6. 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






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






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






9. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






11. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






13. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






14. Object-relations theorist






15. Studied insights in problem solving






16. 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.






17. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






22. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






25. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism






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






27. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






30. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Studied locus of control






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






39. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






42. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






45. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






47. Studied attitude change






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






49. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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