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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






8. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






17. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






18. Developed sociobiology






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






20. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






21. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






27. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






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






29. Studied locus of control






30. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






32. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






34. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






35. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






37. 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.






38. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions






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






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






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






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






43. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






46. Object-relations theorist






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






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






49. Object-relations theorist






50. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality