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
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
Hierarchy of needs
Self-actualization