IVC Psyc 1 Study Guide Final Exam

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Intro Psychology Final Exam Study Guide

All items from the midterm 1 and midterm 2 study guides should be reviewed .

Sensation and Perception


Perception
Sensation + interpretation = perception
Patternicity and Agenticity
Sensation
Detection, Discrimination, Scaling
Absolute thresholds
Subliminal stimulation
Weber-Fechner Law
Difference threshold or Just Noticeable Differences (JND)
Sensory adaption
The Eye
What do we see and how do we see it
Cornea
Lens
Iris
Pupil
Retina
Fovea
Periphery
Receptors
Rods and Cones
The Blind Spot
Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision
Hering Opponent-Process Theory of Color Vision
Afterimages
Gestalt Psychology
Separation of figure and ground
Gestalt grouping principles
Proximity
Similarity
Continuity
Connectedness
Closure
Depth perception
Binocular depth cues
Binocular convergence
Retinal disparity
Monocular depth cues
Relative size
Interposition
Relative height
Linear perspective
Aerial perspective
Motion parallax
Light and shadow
Perceptual constancy (Size and Shape constancy)
Consciousness
Consciousness defined
Selective attention
Inattentional blindness
Change blindness
Circadian rhythms
Sleep
Sleep deprivation
Sleep disorders
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Sleep apnea
Night terrors
Sleep paralysis
Brain waves
Sleep spindles
K Complexes
Sleep stages
REM sleep
REM rebound
Dreams
Freudian interpretation of dreams
Manifest content
Latent content
Activation-Synthesis Theory
Memory Facilitation
Hypnosis
Effects
Lifespan Development
Developmental psychology
Nurture via Nature
Stage development vs. Continuous development
Prenatal development
Zygote
Embryo
Fetus
Teratogens
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Capacities of newborns
Preferences
Rooting reflex
Smiling
Physical development
Maturation
Cognitive Development
Schemas
Jean Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor stage
Object permanence
Stranger anxiety
Preoperational stage
Egocentrism
Theory of the Mind
Concrete operational stage
Conservation
Mathematical Transformations
Formal operational stage
Attachment
Harry Harlow’s Surrogate Mother experiments
Basic Trust (Erik Erikson)
Identity
Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development
Trust vs. Mistrust
Autonomy vs. shame
Initiative vs. guilt
Competence vs. inferiority
Identity vs. role confusion
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Gernerativity vs. stagnation
Integrity vs. despair
Abnormal Psychology & Therapy
Psychological (or mental) disorder – a “harmful dysfunction” when a behavior is:
Atypical
Disturbing
Unjustifiable
Maladaptive
Approaches to understanding psychological disorders
Psychoanalytic
Humanistic
Behaviorist
Medical Model
Developed Thorozine, (first FDA approved psychotropic drug, 1952-1954)
DSM-5
Labeling people with disorders (possible dangers)
Bio-Psycho-Social approach (interactionist)
Psychological Disorders & Therapies
Anxiety Disorders
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Phobias
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality)
Mood Disorders
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar Disorder (formerly called Manic Depressive Disorder)
Schizophrenia

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