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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






17. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






19. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






24. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






29. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers






30. Studied attitude change






31. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






35. Studied insights in problem solving






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






37. Proposed filter theory of attention






38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






39. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






40. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






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






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






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






44. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






45. Developed theory of isomorphism






46. Developed sociobiology






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






48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






49. Proposed gate theory of pain






50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse