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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






2. Studied insights in problem solving






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






4. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






5. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






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






7. Object-relations theorist






8. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






10. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






12. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






13. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






14. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






18. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






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






20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






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






26. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






31. Object-relations theorist






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






33. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






36. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






44. Studied locus of control






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






46. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






50. Developed sociobiology