General Psychology
Final Exam Study Guide_Fall 2010
Chapter 14 Psychological Disorders
Chapter 12 Social Psychology
General understanding of the focus of social psyc
Definition and understanding of abnormal behavior
Understanding of the different historical perspectives
of how people thought about mental disorders
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Understanding of what the DSM-IV-TR is and how it is
used
Models on the Cause of Disorders
Biological
Psychoanalytic
Behaviorism
Cognitive
Biopsychosocial
Classifications of Disorders
Anxiety, Somatoform, Dissociative, Mood and
Personality
Specific Disorders
Agoraphobia, Panic Attack, OCD, Generalized Anxiety
Disorder, Hypochondriasis, Somatization, Dissociative
Amnesia, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Major
Depression, Bipolar, Antisocial Personality Disorder
Schizophrenia
Social Influences
Kitty Genovese Case
Bystander Effect
Asch’s Conformity Study
Milgram’s Obedience Study
Social Loafing
Social Roles
Stanford Prison Experiment
Social Cognition
Social Categorization
Stereotypes
Implicit Biases
Cognitive Dissonance
Reduction of Cog. Dis. (and the methods used)
Attitudes
o Cognitive component
o Affective component
o Behavioral component
Social Interaction
Prejudice
Discrimination
Theories of Discrimination
In-group/Out-group
Social Identity Theory
Subjective Uncertainty Reduction Theory
Chapter 13 Theories of Personality
General understanding of personality, character, and
traits
Perspectives
Psychodynamic
Social-Cognitive
Humanistic
Trait Theories
Biological
Freud
Unconscious mind
Id, ego, superego (how they interact to create
personality)
Humanistic Perspective
Rotter’s Expectancy Theory
Locus of Control
Internal Control & External Control & their effects
on personality
Carl Rogers and Self-Concept
Self-Actualization Tendencies
Real Self & Ideal Self
Assessment of Personality
Projective Tests
Trait Assessments
General understanding of the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator
Chapter 9 Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 10 Gender and Sexuality
Motivation
Definition
Extrinsic & Intrinsic
Amabile’s Creativity Experiment
Gender
Gender, sex, gender identity, gender role
Dweck’s Self-Theory of Motivation
Effects of praise of intelligence and praise of effort
and the ramifications (from PPT)
Gender Differences (as discussed on the PPT)
Cognitive Differences
Communication Differences
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Big picture understanding of the theory
Socialization
Environmental & Cultural Influences
Social Learning Theory
Gender Schema Theory
Physiology of Emotions
Role of the Amygdala
Whalen et al. (2001) Study
Male & Female Brain (as discussed on the PPT)
Structural & Functional Differences
Reasons for Differences
Behavior of Emotions
Connection between emotion and facial expressions
Ekman & Friesen (1971)’s Study of Universal
Expressions
Gender Variations
Androgyny
Transgender
Intersex
Subjective Experience: Labeling Emotions
General understanding of research findings (from text)
Researchers
Kinsey: General Understanding of his contributions to the
field of human sexuality
Master’s and Johnson’s “Observational Study”
Sexual Self-Schema
Definition and understanding of it in relation to the self and
behavior