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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






6. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






8. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






9. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






15. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission






16. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






24. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






25. Studied insights in problem solving






26. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






27. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






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






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






30. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






35. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






39. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






49. Object-relations theorist






50. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






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