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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Founder of ego psychology






6. Object-relations theorist






7. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.






8. Studied locus of control






9. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






10. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






12. 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






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






14. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






17. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth






18. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






20. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






23. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning






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






25. Object-relations theorist






26. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






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






28. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






30. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






32. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






34. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






37. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






38. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






50. Object-relations theorist