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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






2. Studied insights in problem solving






3. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






11. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






12. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






15. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






17. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






21. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






22. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






25. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






31. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






41. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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