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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






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






8. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Studied observational learning






24. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






27. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






28. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






29. 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.






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






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






32. Studied insights in problem solving






33. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






34. 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






35. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






38. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






39. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






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






41. Studied locus of control






42. 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.






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






44. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






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






50. 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