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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






5. Developed sociobiology






6. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






18. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






20. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






21. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






22. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






26. Founder of ego psychology






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






28. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






29. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






31. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






37. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






39. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






41. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






45. Studied political norms






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






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






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






49. 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.






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