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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied political norms






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






4. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






15. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






16. Developed sociobiology






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






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






19. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






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






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






22. Object-relations theorist






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






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






25. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






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






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






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






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






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






31. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






33. Studied insights in problem solving






34. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






38. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






40. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






46. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






48. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






49. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






50. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan







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