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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied insights in problem solving






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






3. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






12. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






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






18. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






21. Proposed gate theory of pain






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






32. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






35. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






38. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization






39. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






42. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






43. Studied observational learning






44. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






45. Studied attitude change






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






47. 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






48. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






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






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







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