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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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






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






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






4. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






5. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






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






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






8. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






9. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






11. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






15. Studied political norms






16. Critic of trait theories of personality






17. Founder of ego psychology






18. Object-relations theorist






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






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






21. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






24. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






28. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






30. Studied insights in problem solving






31. Object-relations theorist






32. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






33. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






36. Object-relations theorist






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






38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






41. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Object-relations theorist






49. 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






50. Studied observational learning