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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






2. 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.






3. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






13. Proposed filter theory of attention






14. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






15. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






17. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






18. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






19. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






21. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. Developed sociobiology






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






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






39. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






44. Object-relations theorist






45. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






47. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy






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






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






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







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