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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






4. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






6. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






11. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






17. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






21. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






22. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






23. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






24. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






26. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






31. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






33. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






35. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






36. Object-relations theorist






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






38. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






40. Founder of ego psychology






41. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






43. Studied insights in problem solving






44. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






50. Studied political norms