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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






2. Studied political norms






3. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






4. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






10. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






13. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






17. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






23. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






24. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






25. Studied observational learning






26. 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






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






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






29. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






32. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






36. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






38. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






39. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






43. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






45. Studied attitude change






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






47. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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