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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






8. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






10. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






11. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






15. Studied observational learning






16. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






25. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






28. Studied political norms






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






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






31. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






33. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






37. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






40. Studied insights in problem solving






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






42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






43. 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






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






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






46. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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