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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed sociobiology






2. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






6. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






8. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






10. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






16. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






17. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






18. Object-relations theorist






19. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






20. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






23. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






26. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






28. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts






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






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






31. Proposed filter theory of attention






32. Studied insights in problem solving






33. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






34. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






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






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






38. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






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






40. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






46. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






47. Studied political norms






48. Founder of ego psychology






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






50. 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.