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






3. 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.






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






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






6. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






9. Studied political norms






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






11. 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






12. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






14. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






20. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






22. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






30. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






33. Developed theory of isomorphism






34. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






37. 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






38. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






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






43. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






45. Developed sociobiology






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






47. Studied locus of control






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






49. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






50. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived