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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






5. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






7. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






10. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






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






12. Studied locus of control






13. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






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






18. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






19. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






22. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






29. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






30. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






32. Developed sociobiology






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






34. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






36. Studied attitude change






37. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization






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






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






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






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






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






43. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






44. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






45. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






50. Developed opponent process theory of color vision







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