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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






4. 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.






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






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






7. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






8. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






9. 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






10. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






13. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






14. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






15. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






16. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






29. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






31. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






35. Object-relations theorist






36. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






40. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






41. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






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






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






44. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






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






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







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