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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






3. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






6. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






9. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






10. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






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






12. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






15. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






17. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






20. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






23. 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






24. Object-relations theorist






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






26. Object-relations theorist






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






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






29. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






31. Studied insights in problem solving






32. 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






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






34. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Studied locus of control






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






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






46. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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