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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






6. Developed theory of isomorphism






7. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






16. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






17. 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






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






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






20. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






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






26. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






31. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






33. Studied political norms






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






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






36. Developed sociobiology






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






38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






41. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






43. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s






44. Object-relations theorist






45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






46. Studied observational learning






47. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






49. Studied locus of control






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