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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






3. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






7. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






10. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth






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






12. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






17. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






19. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






32. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






33. 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






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






35. Studied attitude change






36. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






37. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






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






43. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






46. Founder of ego psychology






47. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






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






49. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






50. Critic of trait theories of personality