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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






9. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






10. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






13. Founder of ego psychology






14. Object-relations theorist






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






16. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






31. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






32. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






37. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






40. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






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






45. Studied attitude change






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






47. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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







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