ISS 1161 Exam One
Review
Chapter 1
Paradox of Progress
Information Anxiety
Information Overload
Search for Meaning
Codependency
What is psychobabble?
Overlearing
Interference
Correlation Coefficient
Chapter 2
Define personality
Define trait
Describe the five-factor theory of personality
Psychodynamic theory
Psychoanalysis
Pleasure principle
Topographic model
Structural model
Rationalization
Displacement
Identification
Repression
Reaction-formation
Projection
Fixation
Regression
Psychosexual stages
Jung's concept of the unconscious
Classical conditioning
Unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
Positive and negative reinforcement
Punishment
Observational learning
Humanistic Psychology
Eysenck
Bandura
Twin studies
Maslow
Rogers
Hierarchy of needs
Self-actualization
Chapter 15
Medical model of abnormal behavior and other models and criteria
Criteria for abnormality
Etiology
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Concordance
Epedemiology
Role of culture in defining abnormal behavior
DSM classification system
Causes and characteristics of schizophrenia
Anorexia and bulimia
Rosenhan's study
Obsessions
Compulsions
Somatoform disorders
Conversion disorder
Mood disorders (bi-polar and unipolar)
Dissociative disorders
MPD or DID
Chapter16
Behavior Therapy
Characteristics of Prescription Drug Therapy
Biomedical Therapy
Two most common complaints of those who seek therapy
Difference between a clinical psychologist and a counseling psychologist
Characteristics and practice of Psychoanalysis
Transference
Resistance
Free association
Systematic desensitization
Anxiety hierarchies
Social skills training
Psychopharmacotherapy
Classes of psychoactive drugs i.e. for depression, anxiety, psychosis
Lithium
Diazepam
Halperidol
Eclectic psychotherapy
Therapist's gender
Therapist's effectiveness
Responsibility in therapy
Chapter 3
Define stress
Primary appraisal
Secondary appraisal
Ambient stress
Frustration
Conflict
Pressure
Change
Types of conflict
Sensation seeking behavior
Psychosomatic Disorders
PTSD
Chapter 4
Adaptive value of coping techniques
Learned helplessness
Carol Tavris's view of aggressive behavior
Ellis's theory
Beck and cognitive therapy
Self-blame
Self-criticism
Humor an stress
Reference group
Chapter 5
Possible Selves
Self-complexity
Children's self-perceptions in relations to parent's attitudes
Individualistic and Collectivistic cultures and their effects on self-perception
Nature and development of identity
Marcia's theory of identity
Ethnic identity
Self-esteem
Types of attributions
Effect of different attributions on emotions
Self-handicapping
Self-efficacy
Chapter 6
Sources of Information in Person Perception
Types of Attributions
Fundamental Attribution Error
Types of Bias
Self-Fulfilling Prohecies
Stereotypes
Primacy Effect and Recency Efect
Prejudice and Personality Types
Reducing Intergroup Hostility (Sherif)
Dynamics of Persuasion
Conformity Studies (Asch)
Obedience Studies (Milgram)
Fatal Social Influence (Jim Jones in Guyana)
Reciprocity Norm
Lowball Technique
Feigned Scarcity
Modeling (Bandura)