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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






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






3. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Developed sociobiology






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






14. Developed theory of isomorphism






15. Studied observational learning






16. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






21. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






23. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






36. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






37. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






39. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






44. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






46. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






47. Studied political norms






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






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






50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse