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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






6. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






7. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






10. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






14. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






15. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






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






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






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






19. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






20. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






22. Object-relations theorist






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






24. Founder of ego psychology






25. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






27. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






28. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






31. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






36. Object-relations theorist






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






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






39. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






43. Studied insights in problem solving






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






45. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






47. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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