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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






4. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






14. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






17. Developed theory of isomorphism






18. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






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






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






21. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






22. Object-relations theorist






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






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






25. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






26. Studied attitude change






27. 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.






28. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






30. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






31. Critic of trait theories of personality






32. Proposed gate theory of pain






33. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Studied political norms






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






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






43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






44. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






49. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






50. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory