Unit 1 Study Guide PDF

Number of Questions by General Topic Definition of Psychology 1 / History of Psychology 10 / Research Methods 6 / Statistics 5 / Classical Conditioning 8 / Motivation 4 / Instrumental or Operant Conditioning 9 / Punishment, Anxiety Disorders and Phobias 7 / Memory 10 / Fun 2 Total of 62 Points Pe...

Number of Questions by General Topic Definition of Psychology 1 / History of Psychology 10 / Research Methods 6 / Statistics 5 / Classical Conditioning 8 / Motivation 4 / Instrumental or Operant Conditioning 9 / Punishment, Anxiety Disorders and Phobias 7 / Memory 10 / Fun 2 Total of 62 Points People of Note Plato / Hippocrates / Aristotle / Galen / Descartes / Thomas Hobbes / John Locke / David Hume / Mesmer / Pinel / Weber / Fechner / Hermann von Helmholtz / Sigmund Freud / Ivan Pavlov / John Watson / E.L. Thorndike / B.F. Skinner / George Miller / Ebbinghaus Key Concepts Genetic Predispositions / Nativism / Empiricism / Experience / Bodily Humors / Midwives / Localization of Function / Specific Nerve Energies / Psychophysics / Schools of Psychology / Parsimony / Methods of Observation / Case Studies Cross-Sectional Studies / Longitudinal Studies / Subject and Experimenter Biases / Random Selection / Independent Variable / Dependent Variable / Research Ethics / Correlation / Central Tendency / Variability / Normal Distributions / P-Value / Reflexes Fixed Action Patterns / Habituation / Classical Conditioning / Unconditioned Stimulus (US) / Unconditioned Response (UR) / Conditioned Stimulus (CS) Conditioned Response (CR) / Extinction / Elicited Response / Preparatory Response / Homeostasis / Drug Tolerance & Overdose / Optimal Level of Arousal Hierarchy of Needs / Extrinsic Motivation / Intrinsic Motivation / Schedules of Reinforcement / Fixed Ratio / Variable Ratio / Fixed Interval / Variable Interval / Shaping / Superstitious Behavior / ABCs of Learning / Consequences of Behavior / Positive Reinforcement / Negative Reinforcement / Positive Punishment / Negative Punishment / Applying Punishment / Side Effects and Limitations of Punishment / Learned (Conditioned) Fears / Phobias / Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors / Implosive Therapy / Systematic Desensitization / Dogs / Sensory Register Memory / Iconic Storage / Echoic Storage / Partial Report Procedure / Short-Term Memory / Delayed Matching to Sample / Chunking / Long-Term Memory / Episodic Memory / Semantic Memory / Procedural Memory / State Dependent Learning / Location Specific Learning / Acronyms as Mnemonic Devices / Massed vs. Distributed Practice / Recall / Recognition / Savings / Proactive & Retroactive Interference / Retrograde Amnesia / Anterograde Amnesia / Alzheimer's Disease / Multi-Infarct Dementia Other Information You do not need to know specific dates, just the general trends. In other words, have an idea of the order in which key ideas and concepts emerged. Same goes for the people, just know the progression of people and ideas. The questions on the exam are in the order I presented the material in class. With all the questions related to a particular topic grouped together it's easier for you to focus on that topic, its perspective and its terminology. And you can address the areas you're sure of first, then spend more time on those you're not so sure of. You'll have two hours to take the exam, almost two minutes per question. So relax!