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






3. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






4. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






8. Critic of trait theories of personality






9. Object-relations theorist






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






11. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






14. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






16. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






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






22. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






28. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






32. Object-relations theorist






33. Studied locus of control






34. 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.






35. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






39. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






40. Object-relations theorist






41. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






50. Developed theory of isomorphism