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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






9. Object-relations theorist






10. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Object-relations theorist






17. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






19. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






20. Studied attitude change






21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






23. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






24. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






34. Studied insights in problem solving






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






36. 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






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






38. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






39. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






42. Founder of ego psychology






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






44. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






45. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






48. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






49. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






50. Studied need for achievement (nAch)







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