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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied political norms






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






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






4. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






15. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






16. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






17. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






18. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






22. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






31. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Studied locus of control






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






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






41. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






43. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






45. Developed theory of isomorphism






46. 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






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






48. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






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






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