Psychology 098-M5 Study Guide
Final Exam, February, 2010
Rachel Lyn Rumson
Andover College
Chapter 8: Intelligence, cognition, language and creativity
· IQ
· Using mental images
· Types of concepts (disjunctive, rational, conjunctive)
· Define intelligence, ways of measuring intelligence
· Stages of creative thinking, test of creativity and the creative personality
· Problem solving barriers (Fixations, etc.)
· Convergent vs. divergent thinking
· Insight
· Cognition
· Mental giftedness
· G-factor
· The
· Heredity and environmental impact on intelligence
· Race, culture and IQ
· What is artificial intelligence?
· Intuition
· What is normal? (bell curve)
Chapter 9: Motivation and emotion
· Reactions to frustration
· Hypothalamus functions
· Parasympathetic rebound
· Motivation model
· Intrinsic extrinsic motivation
· Coping with Test anxiety
· Arousal theory, how does it relate to motives?
· Types of motives (Primary, stimulus and secondary)
· What regulates motives?
· Eating disorders
· Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
· What is sex drive?/Human sexual response
Chapter 10: Personality
· What is personality type? (Shy, musical, introvert/extrovert, 5 factor model)
· What are the 4 personality theories?
o Personality development (Freud)
§ Conscious, preconscious and unconscious
§ Id, ego, superego
o Trait theory, what are personality traits?
o Conditioned and learned behavioral theory
o Humanistic theories
§ Self actualization (Maslow)
§ Congruence/incongruent self concept (Rogers)
· Personality = behavior
· Trait situation interaction
· Behavioral genetics
Chapter 11: Health, stress and coping
· Types of conflicts, what is a conflict?, avoidance theory
· Behavioral risk factors
· Learned helplessness
· Trill vs. Threat
· Sublimation
· What is stress aggression
· Disease prone personality
· Psychological defenses
· Biofeedback
· Repression
· Coping statements
· Stress reaction
Chapter 12: Psychological disorders
· psychopathology
· General risk factors for mental and psychological disorders
· General Adaptation Syndrome
· Anxiety Disorders (Somatoform, phobias, Hypochondria, dissociative, OCD, PTSD, etc.)
· Psychotic disorders (Schizophrenia, Delusional Disorders)
· Mood disorders (Depression, BiPolar, SAD)
· Personality Disorders (antisocial, borderline)
· Traits of antisocial personality
· Insanity, Neurosis and psychopathology
· DSM-IV
· Labeling theory and research
· What is normal?
· Maladaptive behaviors
· Insanity
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Chapter 13: Therapies
· What is psychotherapy?, types of (individual, group, directive, insight, etc.)
· Different approaches of therapy
o Psychoanalysis (Freud), free association
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· Humanistic therapy (Client-centered therapy, Gestalt, existential,
· Operant and behavioral therapies (positive reinforcement, Extinction, EMDR)
· Cognitive therapy (Desensitization, Virtual reality exposure, counseling)
· Active listening
· Psychoanalysis (free association, dream analysis,
· Medical therapy (electroconvulsive, psychoactive medication)
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Chapter 14: Social Behavior
· Social psychology
· Propaganda
· Attitude formation
· Prisoner experiment
· Dissonance