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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






4. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






5. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






8. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






19. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






24. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






26. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






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






28. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






32. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






34. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






35. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






38. Founder of ego psychology






39. Proposed gate theory of pain






40. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth






41. Studied locus of control






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






43. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






48. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






50. Studied attitude change







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