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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






5. Object-relations theorist






6. Studied observational learning






7. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






9. Object-relations theorist






10. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






13. Studied political norms






14. 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.






15. Founder of ego psychology






16. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






17. 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.






18. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






22. Developed sociobiology






23. 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






24. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






27. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






28. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






32. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






34. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






39. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






41. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






42. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






45. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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







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