Gen+Psych+Core+Concepts

Use the Core Concepts to help guide your studying as you prepare for the quizzes. Quizzes are found on Blackboard. See Online Resources for more info on accessing the quizzes. =Course Overview= toc Study the Syllabus and Bio & Intro Letter.

=Chapter 1=
 * 1) What is psychology? How is it different from psychiatry, philosophy, or common sense?
 * 2) What is the difference between a theory and a hypothesis?
 * 3) Who is considered the "father" of psychology?
 * 4) What are the major theories or schools of thought in psychology, and how do you tell them apart?
 * 5) What are the research methods used in psychology, and how do they compare?

=Chapter 2=
 * 1) What are the major types of neurons?
 * 2) How do neurotransmitters send signals from one neuron to another?
 * 3) List the major neurotransmitters and their functions.
 * 4) What are the major parts of the nervous system?
 * 5) What are the major structures of the brain?

=Chapter 3=
 * 1) What’s the difference between sensation and perception?
 * 2) What’s the difference between difference threshold and just noticeable difference?
 * 3) Give the major theories of color vision and their supporting evidence.
 * 4) What are some of our senses beyond the basic five?
 * 5) What are the two major forms of processing, and how do they differ?

=Chapter 4=
 * 1) What is consciousness? What constitutes an “altered state of consciousness?”
 * 2) What parts of the body help regulate circadian rhythms?
 * 3) What are the theories of sleep and dreaming?
 * 4) What’s the difference between dyssomnia and parasomnia? Give examples of each.
 * 5) What’s one benefit of meditation?
 * 6) Name a drug that alters consciousness. What effect does the drug have?

=Chapter 5=
 * 1) What is the difference between conditioned and unconditioned stimuli? Between conditioned and unconditioned responses?
 * 2) What has biological psychology contributed to the study of conditioning?
 * 3) Differentiate between positive and negative reinforcement, and positive and negative punishment.
 * 4) What are the different schedules of reinforcement, and how are they different?
 * 5) What have studies said about punishment as a method of shaping behavior?
 * 6) How does learning allow someone to control their blood pressure? What is the name for this type of treatment?
 * 7) What are the roles of observation and insight in learning?
 * 8) How is psychological conditioning used in advertising?

=Chapter 6=
 * 1) How does information -processing theory use a computer as an analogy for the brain?
 * 2) What are the components of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory? How do these components interact?
 * 3) What are the categories of long-term memory?
 * 4) What are the types of retrieval? How is recognition different from recall?
 * 5) How can various memory discoveries be applied to studying for a test?
 * 6) How can memory be altered or distorted?

=Chapter 7=
 * 1) What are concepts? What are the types of concepts?
 * 2) What are some decision making strategies? How they differ?
 * 3) What are the major components of language?
 * 4) Explain general versus specific intelligence, how they are derived from intelligence tests, and the varying theories of intelligence that deal with them.
 * 5) Explain the stages of creative problem-solving.

=Chapter 8=
 * 1) Be familiar with Erikson’s, Kohlberg’s, and Piaget’s stages of development.
 * 2) Describe the zone of proximal development.
 * 3) What are the stages of embryonic growth, and how are they separated?
 * 4) What did Harry Harlow’s research with rhesus monkeys determine about attachment?
 * 5) What can parents do to foster happy, self-reliant, assertive, socially-skilled, and responsible children?
 * 6) How does crystallized intelligence differ from fluid intelligence?
 * 7) How does grief go through predictable stages?

=Chapter 9=
 * 1) Who initiated the positive psychology movement?
 * 2) What are the differences between drive reduction theory and arousal theory?
 * 3) How would a therapist use Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
 * 4) What are the internal and external signals for eating?
 * 5) Which factors add to the difficulty in treating anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa?
 * 6) What does research reveal about sexual orientation?
 * 7) What are the differences between the various theories of emotion?
 * 8) What are the correlations between gender and emotional expression?

=Chapter 10=
 * 1) How does the Social Readjustment Rating Scale measure stress?
 * 2) What are the three types of conflict choices?
 * 3) What are the risk factors for burnout?
 * 4) What are the stages of general adaptation syndrome?
 * 5) How is the biomedical model different from the biopsychosocial model?
 * 6) What are the risk factors for cancer and STD’s?
 * 7) How can people develop a sense of hardiness?
 * 8) What are the health benefits of lifestyle changes and alternative medicine?

=Chapter 11=
 * 1) What are the structures and stages of Freud’s theory of personality?
 * 2) What have humanistic and social-cogitive psychologists contributed to personality theory?
 * 3) How are traits classified by trait theorists?
 * 4) What are the five parts of the Big Five personality model?
 * 5) How is personality assessed and measured?

=Chapter 12=
 * 1) What are the criteria for a psychological disorder? How are they diagnosed?
 * 2) What psychological perspectives are used to explain disorders?
 * 3) What are the types of anxiety and mood disorders?
 * 4) How is schizophrenia categorized?
 * 5) What disorders are at higher risk for suicide?

=Chapter 13=
 * 1) What constitutes psychotherapy?
 * 2) What is interpersonal therapy usually used for?
 * 3) What are some examples of self-help groups?
 * 4) How does behavioral conditioning play a role in therapies?
 * 5) What are some general categories of medication for psychological disorders?
 * 6) What are the biomedical interventions, and where are they used?

=Chapter 14=
 * 1) Why do researchers use confederates and naive subjects?
 * 2) What biases affect us when we observe other people?
 * 3) What factors are involved in attraction to another individual?
 * 4) What are compliance techniques, and how are they used?
 * 5) Explain groupthink, cognitive dissonance, and bystander effect.
 * 6) What are the factors that play a role in aggression?
 * 7) What are discrimination and prejudice?