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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Developed sociobiology






5. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






9. Studied insights in problem solving






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






11. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






12. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






14. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






18. Studied political norms






19. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






23. Object-relations theorist






24. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






27. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






28. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






33. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items






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






35. Studied observational learning






36. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity






37. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






42. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






44. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






46. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






50. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry







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