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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






4. Studied political norms






5. 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.






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






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






8. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






12. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






14. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






19. Proposed gate theory of pain






20. 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






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






22. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






23. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






25. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






31. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






34. Studied attitude change






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






36. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






37. Studied observational learning






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






39. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






40. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






42. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions






43. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






45. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






47. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory