COMPREHENSIVE EXAM READING LISTS-August 14, 2015
Comprehensive Exam Reading Lists
Area I: Biological Bases of Psychology
1. Neuroscience (Fourth Edition); Dale Purves, George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William
C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, James O. McNamara & Leonard E. White; Sinauer:
Publication Date: 2008; 857 pages; ISBN: 978-0-87893-697-7.
2. Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach (Eighth Edition); John Alcock; Sinauer:
Publication Date: July 1, 2001 564 pages; ISBN: 0-87893-005-1.
3. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience. Eric J. Nestler,
Steven E. Hyman & Robert C. Malenka. McGraw-Hill; Publication Date: 2001; 539 pages;
ISBN: 0-8385-6379-1.
4. Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology (Sixth Edition) Bryan Kolb & Ian Q. Whishaw;
Worth: Publication Date: 2009; 763 pages; ISBN: 0-7167-9586-8.
Area II: Learning/Memory and Cognition/Perception
Learning
1. Skinner, B.F. (1938). Behavior of Organisms. New York: Cappleta-Century-Crofs.
2. Mackintosh, N. J. (1984) Conditioning and Associative Learning. New York: Oxford
University Press.
3. Mazur, J. E. (2009). Learning and Behavior (6th Edition) Prentice-Hall.
Memory and Cognition
1. Tulving, E. & Craik, F.I.M. (2000). The Oxford Handbook of Memory. Oxford University
Press.
2. Surprenant, A.M., & Neath, I. (2009). Principles of Memory. Psychology Press
3. Nairne, J.S. (Ed.) (2007). The Foundations of Remembering. Psychology Press
4. Galotti, K.M. (2004). Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory (3rd Edition).
Brooks/Cole Wadsworth.
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3. Harmon-Jones, E., & Harmon-Jones, C. (2008). Cognitive dissonance theory: An update with
a focus on the action-based model. In J. Y. Shah & W. L. Gardner (Eds.) Handbook of
motivation science. New York: Guilford.
4. Crocker, J., (2011). Presidential address: Self-image and compassionate goals and construction
of the social self: Implications for social and personality psychology. Personality and Social
Psychology Review, 15, 394-407.
5. Gross, J. J. & Thompson, R. A. (2007). Emotion regulation: Conceptual foundations. In J. J.
Gross (Ed.), Handbook of emotion regulation. New York: Guilford.
6. Stasser, G., & Titus, W. (2003). Hidden profiles: A brief history. Psychological Inquiry, 14,
304-313.
7.Haidt, J. (2008). Morality. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 65-72.
8.Cialdini, R. B. (2009). We have to break up. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 5-6.
Personality Psychology
John, O. P., Robins, R. W., & Pervin, L. A. (2010) (Eds.). Handbook of personality: Theory and
research (3rd edn., paperback edition). New York: Guilford Press.evelopmental Psychology
1. Bornstein, M., Lamb, M. (Eds.) (2011, 6th Ed.). Developmental Science: An Advanced
Textbook. New York, NY: Psychology Press. ISBN: 978-1-84872-871-4
2. Damon, W., Lerner, R. M. (Eds.) (2008, 1st Ed., ISBN: 0470176571) Child and Adolescent
Development: An advanced Course. New York: Wiley.
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Ethics Examination
The ethics exam is typically administered once in the Spring and once in the Summer. Questions
will be based on the material covered in the required reading list below. The exam may consist of
definitions, short essays, and analysis of written cases. You will choose six out of seven possible
questions. Please note that web links are provided for your convenience. It is your responsibility
to obtain the article from the original source if the link is not working.
1. American Psychological Association (2002). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of
conduct. American Psychologist, 57, 1060-1073.
2. See 2010 amendments
http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
3. Nagy, T.F. (2011). Essential Ethics: A Primer for Understanding and Mastering Core Issues.
American Psychological Association. Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0863-0
4. American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and
National Council on Measurement in Education. (1999). Standards for educational and
psychological testing.: American Psychological Association. Washington, DC.
5. American Psychological Association. (1982). Ethical Principles in the conduct of research
with human participants. American Psychological Association: Washington, DC. ISBN 13:
9780912704821
6. Tien, Liang T. and Amy S. Davis. (2011) Ethics for Psychologists: A Casebook Approach.
SAGE Publications, Inc.
7. Tribe, R. and Morrissey, J. (2015) Handbook of Professional and Ethical Practice for
Psychologists, Counsellors and Psychotherapists. Routledge. ISBN-10: 0415705290.
8. www.whatishipaa.org
2. Books
Campbell, L., Vasquez, M., Behnke, S., Kinscherff, R. (2010). APA Ethics Code Commentary
and Case Illustrations. American Psychological Association. Washington, DC. ISBN: 1-43380693-2
Nagy, T.F. (2011). Essential Ethics: A Primer for Understanding and Mastering Core Issues.
American Psychological Association. Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0863-0
American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and National
Council on Measurement in Education. (1999). Standards for educational and psychological
testing.: American Psychological Association. Washington, DC.
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American Psychological Association. (1982). Ethical Principles in the conduct of research with
human participants. American Psychological Association: Washington, DC. ISBN 13:
9780912704821
3. Journal articles/Special Topics
Chenneville, T. (2000). HIV, Confidentiality, and Duty to Protect: A Decision-Making Model.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 31, 661-670.
Gil, E. F. & Bob. S. (1999). Culturally competent research: An ethical perspective. Clinical
Psychology Review, 19, 45-55
Knauss, L.K. (2001). Ethical issues in psychological assessment in school settings. Journal of
Personality Assessment, 77, 231-241.
Kraut, R., Olson, J., Mahzarin, B., Cohen, A., & Couper, M. (2004). Psychology research online:
Report of the Scientific affairs advisory group on the conduct of research on the internet.
American Psychologist, 59, 105-117.
Revised August 14, 2015