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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






4. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






6. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






7. Studied observational learning






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






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






10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






12. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






14. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy






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






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






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






18. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






21. Object-relations theorist






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






23. Object-relations theorist






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






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






26. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






27. Studied political norms






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






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






30. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






33. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






34. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






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






40. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






49. 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






50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory







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