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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Studied observational learning






13. Object-relations theorist






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






15. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






18. Founder of ego psychology






19. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






20. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






23. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






31. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






32. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception






33. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






38. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






39. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






43. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






44. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






46. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






47. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






49. Critic of trait theories of personality






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