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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Developed sociobiology






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






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






6. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






15. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






16. Studied insights in problem solving






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






18. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






19. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






27. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






28. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






29. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






34. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






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






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






37. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






38. Proposed filter theory of attention






39. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






40. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






41. Object-relations theorist






42. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






45. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






48. 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.






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






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







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