Psychology 2301 Final Exam Review
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Definition, background/history, and study of Psychology
Scientific approach and Scientific Method
Hypothesis vs. Theory and Sample vs. Population
Perspectives of psychology: Evolutionary, Cognitive, Developmental/Lifespan, Behavioral, Humanistic
Descriptive, Correlational, & Experimental Research Design Methods
Strength and direction of correlational relationships
Experimental Design: Independent and dependent variables
Bias in research and Double Blind Experiment
Surveys: Selection of participants
Psychology vs. psychiatry
Lobes of the brain and corpus callosum
Neuron: purpose and parts
Neurotransmitters: Serotonin, Dopamine, GABA, Endorphins,
Nervous systems: CNS and PNS and their structures and subsystems
Zygote, embryo, fetus
Erikson’s theory of development
Sensation and Perception definitions
Sensory adaptation, Difference threshold, Absolute threshold
Sleep: disorders, cycle, circadian rhythm,
Difference Threshold, Absolute threshold, and Transduction
Definition of Learning
Operant conditioning: Primary/Secondary reinforcer, Reinforcement, and punishment
Classical conditioning: UCS, CS, CR, UCR
Intelligence: average IQ, definition of intelligence, measures, theories, mental retardation
Law of Effect
Memory: Storage, Types of storage (sensory, STM, and LTM), Retrieval, Recall, and recognition, repression,
steps in the memory process, types of amnesias (retrograde, anterograde, and dissociative)
Declarative, Semantic, Procedural memory
Reasoning: Inductive and deductive
Algorithm, Heuristic, Hierarchy, Functional Fixedness, Mental Set
Motivation: Drive reduction, Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
Maslow’s hierarchy of basic needs
Optimal Level of Arousal (Inverted U Function AKA Yerkes Dodson Law)
Human Sexual Response Pattern
Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers
General Adaptation Syndrome (regarding stress)
Flight or Fight response
Stress and its effects on health, Stress management, and Healthy living
Type A and Type B behavior patterns
Definition of Personality
Psychoanalysis/ Psychoanalytic theory, Defense mechanisms, Personality structures: Id, Ego, and Superego
Psychotic disorders and symptoms (hallucinations and delusions)
Drug Tolerance, withdrawal, addiction, dependence
DSM
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), obsessions, compulsions
Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders, Eating disorders
Cognitive Therapy, Reality therapy/Rational-Emotive therapy, Client-Centered therapy