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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






3. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'






4. Studied observational learning






5. Founder of ego psychology






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






7. Object-relations theorist






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






9. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






11. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






16. Studied locus of control






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






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






19. Developed sociobiology






20. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






23. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






24. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






30. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






33. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






36. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






38. Studied political norms






39. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






49. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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