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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'






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






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






4. Studied observational learning






5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






6. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Studied attitude change






17. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats






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






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






20. 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.






21. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






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






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






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






25. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






26. Founder of ego psychology






27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






38. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






39. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






43. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






45. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






49. Proposed filter theory of attention






50. 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.