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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






5. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






21. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






22. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






23. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






24. Developed sociobiology






25. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






26. Critic of trait theories of personality






27. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






30. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






32. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






36. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






37. Studied attitude change






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






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






40. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






41. Founder of ego psychology






42. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Proposed filter theory of attention