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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






2. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






3. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






6. Studied observational learning






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






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






9. Object-relations theorist






10. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






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






16. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






17. Object-relations theorist






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






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






20. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






22. Proposed filter theory of attention






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






28. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






32. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






33. 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.






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






35. Proposed gate theory of pain






36. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






37. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






41. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






46. Developed sociobiology






47. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






48. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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