Test Review 1

 

 

Chapter 1

 

behaviorism

biological psychology

clinical psychology

empiricism

Gestalt psychology

I/O psychology

Wilhelm Wundt

Psychology vs. Philosophy

 

 

Chapter2

 

scientific method

nature vs. nurture

theory

replication

basic research

applied research

naturalistic observation

laboratory observation

representative sample

correlational method

correlation coefficient

experimental method

hypothesis

independent variables

dependent variable

experimental group

control group

confounding variables

selection bias

random assignments

placebo effect

placebo

experimenter bias

double-blind technique

 

 

Chapter 3

 

Axon

Dendrite

Cell Body

Action Potential

Parts of the Brain

Left Hemisphere functions

Right Hemisphere functions

Central Nervous system

sympathetic nervous system

parasympathetic nervous system

MRI

EEG

 

Chapter 4

 

absolute threshold

differences threshold

just noticeable difference (JND)

Weber's law

sensory receptors

transduction

sensory adaptation

visible spectrum

cornea

lens

accommodation

retina

cones

rods

fovea

blind spot

optic nerve

primary visual cortex

feature detectors

 

 

Chapter 5

 

Thomas and Chess’s typology of infants

 

Harlow’s research on attachment

 

Ainsworth and types of attachment

 

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

 

Assimilation and accommodation

 

Object permanence

 

Egocentric thinking

 

Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages

 

Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

 

 

Chapter 13

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

Adler striving for superiority

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