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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






9. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






12. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






13. Studied attitude change






14. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






16. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






17. Studied locus of control






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






19. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






23. Developed sociobiology






24. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






25. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






26. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






29. Object-relations theorist






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






31. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






35. Critic of trait theories of personality






36. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






39. Studied observational learning






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






41. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Object-relations theorist