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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Object-relations theorist






4. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






6. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






15. Proposed gate theory of pain






16. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






19. Developed sociobiology






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






21. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






26. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






28. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






29. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






31. Studied observational learning






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






33. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






37. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






38. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






39. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






40. Studied political norms






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






42. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






46. Object-relations theorist






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






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






49. Founder of ego psychology






50. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered







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