Psy 101 General Psychology
Final Exam Study Guide
The class has collaboratively agreed to the following topics:
Types of research studies (e.g. case study, survey, etc.)
Correlation & correlation coefficient
Experimental research methods/designing an experiment (e.g. independent variable, etc)
Location & functions of the four lobes of the brain
The function of the substantia nigra
Parkinson’s disease
The location and function of the prefrontal cortex
Prefrontal lobotomy
Autonomic nervous system (e.g. sympathetic vs. parasympathetic nervous system)
Parts of a neuron
Resting potential
Action potential
Multiple sclerosis
Organization of the nervous system (E.g. central, peripheral, somatic, autonomic, sympathetic, parasympathetic)
Nerves vs. tracts
Gray matter vs. white matter
Prosopagnosia
Broca’s & wernicke’s areas (and aphasia’s of each)
Types of jet lag
EEG & EOG
Sleepwalking
Sleeptalking
Sleep terrors
Nightmares
Insomnia
Restless leg syndrome
Bruxism
Sleep paralysis
Narcolepsy
Sleep-related hallucinations
Cataplexy
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Observational learning
Modeling
Types of long term memory (e.g. explicit vs. implicit)
Anterograde vs. retrograde amnesia
Dementia
Alzheimer’s disease
Attribution
Dispositional vs. situational attribution
Fundamental attribution error
Actor-observer discrepancy
Self-serving bias
Blaming the victim
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Just world hypothesis
Cognitive dissonance
Conformity & the Solomon Asch experiment
Obedience & the Stanley Milgram experiment
Bystander effect
Altruism
Social loafing
Freud & psychodynamic theory of personality
Id, ego, superego
All defense mechanisms discussed in class
Psychosexual stages of development
Manifest vs. latent content
The ways the id reveals itself in everyday life
Behaviorist perspective of personality
Humanistic perspective of personality
Self actualization
Self concept (i.e. real self vs. ideal self)
Conditional vs. unconditional positive regard
Self-efficacy
Locus of control
Barnum effect
Traits
Behavioral genetics
Nature vs. nurture
Schizophrenia
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
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