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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)






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






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






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






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






10. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






14. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






18. Object-relations theorist






19. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






20. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






21. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






23. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






25. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Object-relations theorist






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Object-relations theorist






37. Studied observational learning






38. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






40. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






41. Proposed filter theory of attention






42. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






44. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






49. Developed sociobiology






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