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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied attitude change






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






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






4. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






5. Proposed filter theory of attention






6. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






8. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Studied insights in problem solving






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






17. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






23. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






27. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






32. Proposed gate theory of pain






33. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






35. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






39. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






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






45. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






48. Object-relations theorist






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






50. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex