| Exam Reviews | date of exam |
| Review #1 | 09/12/01 |
| Review #2 | 10/01/01 |
| Review #3 | 10/17/01 |
| Review #4 | 10/31/01 |
| Review #5 | 11/19/01 |
| Review #6 | 12/10/01 |
Review #1
Psychology 201 Exam 1 ReviewWhat to know:
Definition of psychology, nature/nurture debate, philosopy vs. psychology, functionalism, structuralism, behaviorism, psychoanalysis, perspectives (behavioral, cognitive, crosscultural, humanistic), gaols of psychology, empirical evidence, steps in scientific dmethod, hypothesis, operational definitions,descriptive research methods, statistics, replication, hypotheses and theories, naturalistic observations, case studies, survey research, representative samples, advantages and disadvantages of survey research, correlational studies, correlation coefficient (strength, direction), causality, experimental methods, independent variables, dependent variables, Mozart effect, random assignment, control group, placebo, single-blind and double-blind studies, limitations of experiments, pseudoscience, informed consent, participation in experiments, debriefing, critical thinking (8 guidelines, anecdotes, emotions)
Review #2
Psychology 201 Exam 2 ReviewWhat to know:
Chapter 9: developmental psyc (definition), nature/nurture debate, prenatal development and periods, zygote, teratogens, reflexes in newborns, motor skill dev't, temperament styles, attachment styles, sex & gender, gender roles, Piaget, Piaget's cog. dev't stages, object permanence, symbolic thought, egocentrism, conservation, criticisms of Piaget, adult dev't, late adulthood, death & dying.
Chapter 2: biosyc (definition), glial cells, types of neurons, parts of the neuron, myelin sheath, pathway of messages through neuron, action potential, resting potential, action potential, refractory period, all-or-none law, synapse, receptor sites, inhibatory messages, acetylcholine, endorphins, mimicking, blocking reuptake, blocking receptors, divisions of nervous system, nerves, spinal reflexes, autonomic and somatic nervous system, parasympathetic and sympathetic N.S., cerebellum, lobes of brain, split brain
Review #3
Psychology 201 Exam 3 ReviewWhat to know:
Chapter 3: sensation and perceptions (definitions), difference threshold, absolute threshold, vision stimulus, rods, cones, sequence of light through the eye, color vision, blindspot, fovea, opponent-precessing theory, afterimages, audition, pitch, timbre, loudness, pinna, earcanal, eardrum, soundwaves, inner ear, transduction, taste, smell, sensory adaptation, receptors for taste, smell, touch, kinesthetic system, vestibular system, Gestalt principles (figure-ground, law of proximity, similarity, and closure, etc), depth perception, texture gradient, perceptual constancy
Chapter 4: consciousness (def), circadian rhythm, brain waves and sleep stages, slow wave sleep, REM rebound, adaptive and restorative theories, insomnia, sleep apnea, REM sleep bahavior disorder, narcolepsy, characteristics of dreams, Freud's take on dreams, candidates for hypnosis, hypnosis and memories, drug tolerance, physical dependence, alcohol, psychoactive drugs.
Review #4
Psychology 201 Exam 4 ReviewWhat to know:
Chapter 7: mental age, Binet, WAIS and scoring, good test designs, aptitude tests, standardization, reliability, validity, normal distribution, controversy of intelligence definition, Gardner's theory of intelligence, twin studies, culture and SES
Chapter 6: memory (definition), processes in memory, encoding, storage, stages of memory, sensory memory, Short-term memory and capacity, increasing STM capacity, displacement, chunking, long-term memory, elaborative rehearsal, procedural, episodic, and semantic info, semanitc networks, retrieval cues, tip-of-the-tongue, recognition vs recall, serial position, primacy and recency effects, context effect, flashbulb memories, schemas, eyewitness testimony and Elizabeth Loftus studies, forgetting and nonsense syllables, Ebbinghaus, encoding failure, retroactive and proactive interference, anterograde and retrograde amnesia, improving memory
Review #5
Psychology 201 Exam 5 ReviewWhat to know:
Chapter 5: Learning (def), Pavlov, Classical conditioning (UCS, UCR, CS, CR), stimulus generalization, extinction, stimulus discrimination, extinction, ethics of Little Albert, comparisons between classical conditioning and operant conditioning, Skinner's "operant", reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, effective punishment, Skinner box, shaping, reinforcement schedules, partial & continuous reinforcement, observational learning
Chapter 11: social psychology (definition), person perception (principles), social norms, social categorization, attribution and biases (FAE, Self-serving, etc), attitude components, cognitive dissonance, prejudice, stereotyped thinking, in-group/outgroup, ingroup bias, discrimination, jigsaw classroom, conformity, normative social influence, informative social influence, Milgram's experiment & results, obedience, bystander effect, diffusion of responsibility
Review #6
Psychology 201 Exam 6 ReviewWhat to know:
Chapter 8: movation (def), instince theories, drive theories & criticisms, incentive theories, Maslow's hierarchy, self-actualization, motivation of eating, Twin studies on homosexuality, causes of homosexuality, emotion (def), components of emotion, sympathetic nervous system and emotion, facial expressions, James-Lang theory of emotion, Facial feedback hypothesis, Shachter & Singer 2-factor theory of emotion.
Chapter 13: abnormal vs normal, DSM-IV, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, free-floating anxiety, panic disorder, phobias, agoraphobia, causes of phobias, biological preparedness, OCD, major depression (symptoms, sex diffs), seasonal affective disorder, manic (bipolar disorder), lithium, genetics of bipolar and unipolar, antidepressants, dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder, delusions of grandeur, hallucination, though patterns, paranoid type, catatonic type dopamine levels
Chapter 14: systematic desensitization, SSRIs