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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






2. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






3. Developed sociobiology






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






5. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






6. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






7. Founder of ego psychology






8. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






9. 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.






10. 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






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






12. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






16. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






22. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






24. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






26. Studied observational learning






27. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






31. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Studied locus of control






39. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






40. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






42. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






43. Proposed filter theory of attention






44. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






45. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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