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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






4. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






6. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






8. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






15. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Studied political norms






23. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items






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






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






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






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






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






29. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






30. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






34. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






43. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






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






45. 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.






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






47. Studied observational learning






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






49. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






50. Developed sociobiology