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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






17. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






19. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






22. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






27. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






38. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






40. Developed sociobiology






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






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






43. Object-relations theorist






44. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






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






50. Developed opponent process theory of color vision