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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






4. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






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






10. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






16. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






17. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






20. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






21. Studied political norms






22. Object-relations theorist






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






24. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






26. Studied attitude change






27. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






28. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g






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






30. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






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






36. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






38. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






43. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






47. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






49. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






50. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory