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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Object-relations theorist






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






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






9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






10. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






11. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






14. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






18. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






20. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






31. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






32. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






36. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






37. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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






43. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results






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






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






46. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






47. Object-relations theorist






48. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






49. Critic of trait theories of personality






50. Studied observational learning