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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory






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






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. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






8. Object-relations theorist






9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






16. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Studied locus of control






34. 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.






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






36. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






39. Studied insights in problem solving






40. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






41. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






42. Object-relations theorist






43. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






44. Object-relations theorist






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






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






47. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






48. Developed sociobiology






49. Proposed filter theory of attention






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