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Final Exam Study Guide
Psychology
Psychology Semester Final Study Guide
History, Perspectives and Research Methods
Psychology (definition)
Cognitive Perspective
Psychologist vs Psychiatrist
Behaviorist Perspective
William Wundt
Psychodynamic Perspective
Sigmund Freud
Humanistic Perspective
Ivan Pavlov
Biological Bases of Behavior
Frontal Lobe
Neurons
Parietal Lobe
Myelin Sheath
Occipital Lobe
Neurotransmitters
Temporal Lobe
Case of Phineas Gage
Medulla
Central vs Peripheral Nervous System
Corpus Callosum
Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic Nervous Sys.
Learning and Memory
Learning (definition)
Discrimination
Generalization
Extinction
Classical vs Operant Conditioning
(know and apply both in scenarios)
Albert Bandura
Little Albert study
Hippocampus (memory)
Skinner
Disorders and Treatment (Abnormal Psych)
MUDA (know and be able to apply to a situation)
Antisocial Personality Disorder
DSM – IV (DSM 5)
Anxiety Disorders (Phobias, PTSD, Panic Disorder,
OCD & Treatments of OCD)
Depression
Free Association (a part of Psychodynamic therapy)
Schizophrenia (know different types)
Drug Therapies
Cognitive Therapy
States of Consciousness
Hypothalamus
Hypnosis
5 Sleep Stages ( NREM 1-4 & REM Sleep)
Dual Processing Theory vs Social Influence theory
Sleep Spindles (what type of brain waves/what
Change Blindness
stage would they occur in?)
Social Psychology
Social Psychology (definition)
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Attribution Theory
Stanly Milgram’s Obedience Experiment (Milgram study)
Situational Disposition vs Dispositional Attribution
Stanford Prison Study (Zimbardo Study)
Fundamental Attribution Error
Solomon Asch
Cognitive dissonance