ELEMENTARY PSYCHOLOGY                                             {msb}
REVIEW EXAM 1

CHAPTER 1:
Psychology: the scientific study of behavior & mental processes
Origins of Psychology
Hypothesis, Theory
ABCs  Affect – Feeling; Behavior – Doing; Cognition - Thinking
Interactive Dualism, British Empiricists (Tabula Rasa)
Structuralism (Wilhelm Wundt)
  Introspection:
Functionalism (William James)
Behaviorism (John Watson & B.F. Skinner)
Psychoanalytic Psychology (Sigmund Freud)
Humanistic Psychology (Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow)
Gestalt Psychology
CORRELATIONAL METHODS: positive correlation, negative correlation,
  third variable problem, directionality problem
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS: Independent Variable, Dependent Variable,
  Extraneous Variables, Confounding Variable, Experimental Group
  (treatment), Control Group (comparison Group), Random Assignment
(and Identify these items in a STORY PROBLEM)

CHAPTER 9: PERSONALITY
Personality
Libido; Id->Pleasure Principle; Ego->Reality Principle;
Superego-> Idealistic Principle
Defense Mechanisms  (Story - identify each defense mechanism)
  1. Regression; 2. Projection; 3. Fantasy; 4. Repression;
  5. Rationalization; 6. Denial; 7. Displacement
Inferiority Complex (Adler)
Collective Unconsciousness (Jung)
Unconditional Positive Regard (Roger's)
Projective techniques, MMPI
Approaches to personality: Behaviorist, Humanistic, & Psychoanalytic

CHAPTER 14: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Attitude (3 components)
Attraction
Conformity
Obedience
Attribution Theory (Internal & External)
Fundamental Attribution Error, Just World Hypothesis
Self-Serving Bias, Actor-Observer Bias
Bystander Effect (Audience Inhibition, Pluralistic Ignorance,
  Diffusion of responsibility)
Social Facilitation, Social Interference, Social Loafing
Foot-in-the-door Technique, Door-in-the-face Technique, &
That's-not-all Technique