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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






8. Developed theory of isomorphism






9. Proposed gate theory of pain






10. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






12. Proposed filter theory of attention






13. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






21. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






28. Developed sociobiology






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






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






31. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






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






36. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






39. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






40. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






42. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)






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






44. Studied attitude change






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






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






47. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






49. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






50. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems







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