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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Developed theory of isomorphism






10. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






14. Object-relations theorist






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






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






17. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






18. 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






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






20. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






24. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






26. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






28. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






29. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






32. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






33. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






34. Proposed gate theory of pain






35. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






36. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






38. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.






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






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






41. Developed sociobiology






42. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






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






44. Studied political norms






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






46. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions






47. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






49. 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






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