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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Object-relations theorist






3. 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






4. Proposed filter theory of attention






5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






7. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






9. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






13. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






18. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






19. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






20. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






21. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory






22. Critic of trait theories of personality






23. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






24. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






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






26. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






32. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






42. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






46. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths






47. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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