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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






2. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.






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






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






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






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






7. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






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






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






10. Proposed gate theory of pain






11. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






12. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts






13. Founder of ego psychology






14. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






19. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






34. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






45. Developed theory of isomorphism






46. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






48. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






50. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning