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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






5. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Studied political norms






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






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






21. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






23. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






25. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






27. Studied insights in problem solving






28. Studied observational learning






29. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






30. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






31. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Founder of ego psychology






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






43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






44. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






48. Object-relations theorist






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






50. 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.