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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






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






3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






14. Object-relations theorist






15. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






20. Object-relations theorist






21. Founder of ego psychology






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






23. Studied attitude change






24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






26. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






29. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






39. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






42. Studied political norms






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Developed sociobiology