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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. 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.






4. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






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






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






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






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






9. Object-relations theorist






10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






15. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






16. Studied observational learning






17. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






19. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






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






21. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






24. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






27. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






30. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






34. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






35. Object-relations theorist






36. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






39. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






41. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






50. Studied attitude change