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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






8. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






17. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






19. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






20. 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.






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






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






23. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






26. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






28. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






29. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






31. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






32. Object-relations theorist






33. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






34. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






36. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






37. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






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






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






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






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






42. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






43. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g






44. Developed theory of isomorphism






45. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






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