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1. Proposed gate theory of pain

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability

9. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived

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

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

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

13. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory

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

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

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

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

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

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