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