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Psy 101 Review Sheet for Final Exam One cheat sheet (both sides) is allowed! Scantron 888E (or any that has 50 sets of bubbles on EACH side!) The final exam will consist of matching, multiple choice and true-false items. The material comes from Chapter 1 and chapters 6, 8-14 Chapter 1 – Research Methods and History and perspectives Father of psychology Perspectives in psychology Current definition of psychology Know the different types of research: Case studies, observational studies, correlational, surveys & questionnaires, and the experiment. Know terms: independent and dependent variables, random assignment, experimental and control group. Know that the experiment has the most control of any research type because it has: random assignment and keeping the situation as similar as possible for the different groups( except that the experimental group receives the independent variable and the control group does not). Correlational studies are good for seeing relationships, for prediction, for detecting risk factors but they do NOT demonstrate causation – ONLY the experiment can show causation because it has the most control. Correlations suffer from direction and third variable problems. Handout from class is helpful! Chapter 6 – Learning My powerpoints/lectures are important Classical conditioning – people, terms Operant conditioning – people, terms Insight learning Observational learning – Bandura, terms Class handout Parenting, time- outs Examples given in class Chapter 8 – Thinking and Intelligence Video: Judgment and Decision Making Binet, Terman, Wechsler, difference between Stanford Binet and WAIS (intelligence tests) (powerpoint) Chapter 9 – Motivation and Emotion Powerpoint on different theories of motivation, Maslow’s hierarchy, etc. Dweck article (How not to talk to your kids) (was also mentioned in learning) Chapter 10- Stress and Health Powerpoint lectures Chapter 11 – Personality lecture notes and powerpoints are helpful Psychoanalytic: Freud – terms and concepts from class (psychosexual stages, models of the mind (id, ego, superego, conscious, preconscious, unconscious), what motivates us (pleasure and reality principles, sex and aggression drives, life and death instincts), Oedipus and Electra Complexes and how superego develops in the phallic stage, fixations and why they occur. Adler and inferiority, superiority and birth order, social interest Horney and basic anxiety, moving toward, away or against others Jung and collective unconscious, archetypes, anima, animus, shadow, self, and persona Humanistic/Existential Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and two examples from class of self-actualized individuals, why so many people don’t reach the highest level Rogers’ three important qualities of a therapist (positive regard, genuineness, empathy), incongruence, selfactualizing tendency, conditions of worth Frankl and the existentialists’ emphasis on death, meaning, and choice Trait: Big Five, OCEAN – know what they are, Costa and McCrae Social-Cognitive (behavioral and cognitive psychology combination): Rotter and internal and external locus of control Chapter 12– Social Psychology The video “Power of the Situation” is important as well as my lecture handout. Terms you should know: fundamental attribution error, self-serving bias, bystander effect, group think, altruism & helping behavior, social loafing and diffusion of responsibility, deindividuation, groupthink, actor-observer bias, self-serving bias (some of these may not be covered in class – use your textbook!) Conformity and Ash’s study and conditions that influence it Milgram and his study of obedience. Situational factors that impact obedience. Zimbardo’s prisoner-guard study My lecture notes! Who was Kitty Genovese and what did her situation illustrate? Why do people help? Why do people not help? Linda Hamilton clip. Chapter 13– Disorders My powerpoint notes are helpful and I may refer to video clips I showed in class. DSM-V – Bible of diagnosis. Know: anxiety disorders, OCD and related disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenias, and dissociative disorders – be sure to know the individual disorders within each of these categories – focus on the disorders given in the powerpoint/lecture Know the information from the homework assignment on diagnoses and therapies. Terms: obsessions, compulsions, hallucinations, and delusions. Common types of compulsions that people with OCD exhibit. What are the old names for Dissociative Identity Disorder and Bipolar Disorder? What is the “common cold” of mental illness and what is the “cancer?” What is the “diathesis-stress” (vulnerability-stress) model? Chapter 14 Therapies Know psychoanalysis – free association, dream interpretation, and transference. Know Person-Centered (Client-centered) Therapy – and qualities of therapist. Behavioral therapy- systematic desensitization, flooding (ordeal therapy on video) Cognitive therapy- Ellis, RET and ABC model; Beck and depression (BDI). Know the different types of biological (biomedical) treatment. Is psychotherapy effective? See text Know the different therapies from the homework assignment. Know what types of biological treatments (ECT, different kinds of drugs) are used for different disorders. My powerpoint is helpful.
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Psychology Cheat Paper
Research methods, history and perspectives
Wilhelm Wundt is an individual highly defined as the father of psychology. There are various psychology
perspectives. They include cognitive, biological, behavioral and psychodynamic perspectives. Psychology can be
defined as the study of mind as well as behavior encompassing all the views of unconscious and conscious
experience and thought. Psychology can be studied through the following methods: Case study or case history,
observational studies, psychological tests, surveys, correlational research, experiment (independent variable and
control group)
Learning
Refers to the process of acquiring skills or knowledge by experience, training, and study. The following are the
types of learning: Classical conditioning-learning happens through interactions among people and environment,
Operant conditioning-behavior is controlled by consequences.Observational learning-occurs through seeing what
happens within the environment. Insight learning-occurs through getting a solution to an abrupt problem.
Parenting plays a significant role in learning. For instance children can experience time-outs when they are
separated from the environment where unacceptable behaviors have occurred. A time-out is essential to provide
a child a break from ...


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