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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






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






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






4. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






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






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






7. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






8. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






9. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






13. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






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






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






16. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






17. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






20. Studied insights in problem solving






21. Object-relations theorist






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






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






24. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






29. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






30. Developed theory of isomorphism






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






45. Object-relations theorist






46. Studied attitude change






47. Founder of ego psychology






48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






50. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions







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