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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






11. Critic of trait theories of personality






12. 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






13. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






14. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






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






20. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






24. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






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






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






27. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






29. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






31. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






36. Object-relations theorist






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






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






39. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)






40. Object-relations theorist






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






42. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






45. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






48. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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