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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






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






3. Proposed filter theory of attention






4. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






7. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






11. Developed theory of isomorphism






12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






15. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






18. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






29. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






33. Studied attitude change






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






35. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Object-relations theorist






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






44. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






45. Studied political norms






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory