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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






4. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






17. Studied insights in problem solving






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






19. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






20. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






22. Proposed gate theory of pain






23. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






26. Critic of trait theories of personality






27. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






31. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






32. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






35. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Developed sociobiology






43. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






48. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






50. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived







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