AP Psychology
Ms. Dritz
Personality, Psychological Disorders, Treatment, & Social Psychology Study Guide
Personality:You should be able to define and apply these terms. You should also be able to explain the four perspectives of
personality, including an explanation of personality behavior, assessment techniques, and an evaluation.
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Free Association
Personality
Psychoanalysis
Unconscious
Id
Ego
Superego
Psychosexual Stages
Oedipus & Electra
Complexes
10. Fixation
11. Defense Mechanisms
a. Repression
b. Regression
c. Reaction Formation
d. Projection
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e. Rationalization
f. Displacement
g. Sublimation
Projective Tests
a. TAT
b. Rorschach
Trait Perspective
Personality Inventory
a. Hans Eysenck
b. OCEAN-Big Five
Personality Factor
c. Robert Cattell 16
Personality Traits
Factor Analysis
d. MMPI
Humanistic Perspective
16. Self-Actualization
17. Unconditional Positive
Regard
18. Self-concept
19. Self-esteem
20. Self-serving bias
21. Reciprocal Determinism
22. Individualism
23. Collectivism
24. Personal Control
a. External Locus of
Control
b. Internal Locus of
Control
25. Learned Helplessness
26. Positive Psychology
Psychological Disorders:You should be able to define and apply these terms. You should also be able to explain the causes of
each disorder based on the seven main perspectives, the symptoms, as well as treatment.
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Psychological Disorders
Psychosis
Neurosis
Anxiety Disorders
a. GAD-Generalized
Anxiety Disorder
b. Panic Disorder
a. Panic
Attacks
c. Phobia
d. ObsessiveCompulsive
Disorder
Mood Disorders
a. Major Depressive
Disorder
b. Bipolar Disorder
c. Mania
d. Cyclothymic
Disorder
e. Dysthymic Disorder
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SAD-Seasonal
Affective Disorder
Somatoform Disorders
a. Conversion
Disorder
b. Hypochondriasis
c. Body-Dysmorphic
Disorder
Dissociative Disorders
a. Dissociative
(Psychogenic)
Amnesia
b. Dissociative
(Psychogenic)
Fugue
c. Dissociative
Identity Disorder
Schizophrenic Disorders
a. Acute
b. Chronic
c. Paranoid
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Catatonic
Disorganized (Word
Salad, Clanging)
f. Indifferentiated
g. Delusions
(Grandeur,
Paranoia,
Reference)
9. Personality Disorders
a. Borderline
b. Histrionic
c. Narcissistic
d. Avoidant
e. Anti-social
f. Schizoid
10. Eating Disorders
a. Anorexia Nervosa
b. Bulimia Nervosa
c. Obesity
11. Treatments (Refer to
Treatment Handout)
Social Psychology: You should be able to define and apply each term. You should also be able to explain the various studies
and ethical issues involved.
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Social Psychology
Conformity
Obedience
Chameleon Effect
Stanley Milgrim
Soloman Asch
Philip Zimbardo
Social Loafing
Deindividuation
Group Think
Dispositional Attribution
12. Situational Attribution
13. Fundamental Attribution
Error
14. Foot-in-the-Door
Phenomenon
15. Cognitive Dissonance
16. Altruism
17. Just World Hypothesis
18. Categorization
19. Confirmation Bias
20. Prejudice
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Stereotypes
Social Perception
Aggression
Frustration-Aggression
Hypothesis
Bystander Effect
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Transference
Halo Effect