PSYC 111 Final Exam Study Guide PDF

PSYC 111 Final Exam Study Guide 86 Multiple Choice Questions, 2 Essay Questions Module 1 Major psychological perspectives (Behaviorism, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Humanistic Psychology, Cognitive Psychology) Module 2 The Experiment – know...

PSYC 111 Final Exam Study Guide 86 Multiple Choice Questions, 2 Essay Questions Module 1 Major psychological perspectives (Behaviorism, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Humanistic Psychology, Cognitive Psychology) Module 2 The Experiment – know variables and groups Module 3 The cerebral hemispheres, the split brain Module 4 Observational learning Partial Reinforcement, schedules of partial reinforcement Operant Conditioning, positive vs. negative, reinforcement vs. punishment Classical Conditioning, elements of classical conditioning Module 5 Storage and rehearsal in short-term memory Organizing memories, ways to help retrieve them Module 7 Functions of sleep, sleep and memory Sleep stages and brain waves Module 8 Psychosocial Development, Erikson’s Psychosocial Dilemmas Cognitive Development, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development and related cognitive abilities Moral Development, Kohlberg’s levels of moral development Module 10 Social cognition, differences in attributions about ourselves and others Attitude change, cognitive dissonance theory A study on obedience Adult attachment styles Helping strangers, who will help whom? Empathic arousal Social stereotypes Module 11 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation Drive theory of motivation Gender Identity, gender roles Module 12 Neo-Freudians, Carl Jung Theories of personality, the trait approach, psychodynamic theory, humanistic theory, learning & social learning theories Freud’s defense mechanisms Carl Roger’s Self Theory The Big Five Module 13 Diagnosing mental illness, types of symptoms Psychotic disorders, delusional disorders Mood disorders Anxiety-related disorders Personality disorders Module 14 Basic techniques of psychoanalysis Humanistic therapies, client-centered, existential, Gestalt Cognitive and cognitive behavior therapies, rational-emotive behavior therapy Learning therapies, aversion therapy, exposure therapy, operant conditioning – reinforcements and punishments Module 15 Industrial/Organizational Psychology Environmental Psychology Psychology and Law Educational Psychology Sports Psychology Essay Questions: 1. Asks you to explain the Big Five Personality dimensions and describe your personality using the five dimensions of the Big Five Personality Model. (total = 10 points) 2. Asks you to choose and explain/describe one of the 6 therapy approaches (psychoanalysis, learning/behavioral therapy, humanistic therapy, cognitive therapy, or cognitive behavioral therapy). Include any and all ideas related to this approach from class discussions, reading, videos, etc. (total = 4 points for 4 meaningful and relevant sentences) (Extra credit option: include up to an additional 4 meaningful and relevant sentences)