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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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






2. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Critic of trait theories of personality






14. Studied attitude change






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






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






17. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






20. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






24. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






28. Studied observational learning






29. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






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






31. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






35. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






37. 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






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






39. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






44. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






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