Study Guide for Psychology 150 Final
Chapter 1
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Know the definition of a hypothesis.
Know what an operational defintion is.
Understand that a correlation does not imply causation.
Understand the hindsight bias.
Know what an Independent and Dependent variable are.
Know what a theory is.
Chapter 2
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Understand how neurons communicate with one another.
Know what an action potential is.
Understand what the central nervous system is and what it does.
Know what a neurotransmitter is.
Know the lobes of the brain and what they do.
Understand what the thalamus is and what it does.
Be familiar with the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and what
they do.
Chapter 3
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Know what heritability is.
Understand the points about our gender differences.
Know what natural selection is and who proposed it.
Chapter 4
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Define accommodation.
Define assimilation.
Know about Harlow’s experiments and what are the implications of the results.
What are Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.
How does Erikson’s theory discuss the development of Piaget and Kohlberg’s.
Know about Alzheimer’s disease.
Chapter 5
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Define transduction.
Know the process of transduction of sound.
Know the difference between rods and cone.
Define sensory adaptation.
Know about the sense of touch.
What is the Young-Helmholtz theory of color vision.
Chapter 6
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Define selective attention.
Define perception.
Know the concept of figure ground.
Know what Gestalt psychologists study.
Know what are monocular depth cues.
Define and explain retinal disparity.
Chapter 7
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Define consciousness.
Know what is meant by circadian rhythms.
Know the different types of brain waves.
Know what REM sleep is and by what other name it is known.
Know in which stages nightmares and night terrors occur.
Know the duration of the sleep cycle.
Chapter 8
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Know the definition of learning.
Know whose work elaborated on the law of effect.
Know what effect reinforcers and punishers have on behavior.
Define fixed-interval ratio and know the schedules of reinforcement.
Know what a(n) UCS, UCR, CR and CS are.
Understand what is meant by modeling.
Chapter 9
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In terms of memory, know what is meant by 7 plus or minus 2.
Define memory.
Know the three steps in memory processing.
Understand what is meant by state dependent memory.
Define proactive-interference.
Define implicit memory and how it is used.
Chapter 10
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Know and understand confirmation bias.
Know and understand prototypes.
Know about speech development.
Know what algorithms are.
Be sure to know what morphemes and phonemes are and understand the
difference between the two.
Chapter 11
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Know and understand Spearman’s G- factor.
Know what the intelligence quotient is.
Know who Simon and Binet are.
Know what reliability and validity are.
Know the difference between aptitude and achievement.
Chapter 12
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Know and understand instincts.
Know what motivation is.
Know what homeostasis.
Know who Maslow is.
Know what needs and drives are.
Chapter 13
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Define nonverbal communication.
Know the basic components of emotion.
Know about the two factor theory of emotion and who proposed it.
Know about the James-Lange theory of emotion.
Know about the Cannon-Bard theory of Emotion.
Know which facial expression is most easily recognized.
Chapter 14
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Know about General Adaptation Syndrome.
Know the difference between Type A and Type B personality.
Know the difference between Eustress and Distress.
Know what Biofeedback is.
Know the definition of stress.
Know the current leading cause of death in the North America.
Chapter 15
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Know the definition of traits.
Know the Big Five Personality Factors.
Know about the role of free association in psychoanalysis.
Know about defense mechanisms and the relationship to the ego.
Know about the Oedipus conflict.
Know what the central feature of personality is and who suggested it.
Chapter 16
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Know about Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Know about the DSM-IV-TR and its use.
Know the positive symptoms of Schizophrenia.
Know about the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
Know the axes (Axis I – Axis V) of the DSM-IV-TR.
Know what obsessions are in relation to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Chapter 17
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Know what transference is.
Know about humanistic therapy and what the focus is on.
Know the difference between a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologists.
Know what a lobotomy is.
Know about psychoanalysis and how it is applied to therapy.
Know what Cognitive Therapy is.
Chapter 18
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Know what the Foot-In-Door phenomenon is.
Know what the main point to be learned from Milgram’s research is.
Know what attitudes and their role in behavior.
Know what deindividuation is.
Know what the bystander effect is.