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Unit One: Psychology’s History & Approaches
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Behaviorism
Calkins, Mary
Cognitive Neuroscience
Evolutionary Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Functionalism
Gestalt Psychology
Human Factors Psychologist
Humanistic Psychology
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Case Study
Confirmation Bias
Confounding (Floating) Variables
Constructs
Control/Experimental Group
Correlation & Causation
Correlation Coefficient
Debriefing
Dependent/Independent Variable
Ethics in Research: APA guidelines
Hindsight Bias
Hypothesis
Illusory Correlation
Informed Consent
Longitudinal Research
Naturalistic Observation
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Acetylcholine
Action Potential
Adrenal Glands
Agonist/Antagonist
Amygdala
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Behavior Genetics
Blood-Brain Barrier
Brainstem: pons, medulla
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Cerebellum
Cerebral Cortex
Cerebral Hemispheres: Right, Left
Corpus Callosum
Darwin, Charles
Dopamine
Electroencephalograph (EEG)
Endocrine System
Endorphins
Evolutionary Psychology
Frontal Lobes
GABA
Gazzaniga, Michael—split brain
Gender: Identity, Typing, Role
Glial Cells
Glutamate
Industrial Organizational Psychologist
James, William
Psychodynamic Approach
Psychometrics
Skinner, BF
Social-cultural Approach
Structuralism
Watson, John
Wundt, Wilhelm
Unit Two: Research Methods
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Normal Curve/Skewed Curve
Operational Definition
Placebo Effect
Pscyhometrics
Quasi-Experiment
Replication
Rosenthal “Maze-Bright/Maze-Dull” Rat Study
Sampling Techniques: Random, Matching
Scatterplots
Scientific Method
Significant Difference
Single Blind/Double Blind Study
Standard Deviation
Statistics: descriptive, inferential
Survey Method
Unit Three: Biological Bases of Behavior
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Hemispheric Specialization
Heritability
Hippocampus
Homunculus
Hormones
Hypothalamus
Language Association Areas: Broca’s, Wernicke’s
Limbic System
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Motor Cortex
Myelin Sheath
Nervous System: Parasympathetic, Sympathetic
Neurogenesis
Neuron: dendrites, cell body, axon hillock, axon,
terminal buttons, synapse
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93. Parietal Lobes
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Reuptake
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Serotonin
Somatic Nervous System
Synapse
Temporal Lobes
Thalamus
Threshold
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Absolute Threshold
Afterimage Effect
Bottom-up Processing
Change Blindedness
Cocktail Party Effect
Color Constancy
Context Effect
Depth Perception: Binocular, Monocular
Difference Threshold
Feature detectors
Fovea
Frequency Theory/Place Theory (audition)
Gate-Control Pain Theory
Gestalt Principles of Organization
Inattentional Blindness
JND—Just Noticeable Difference
Twin Studies
Unit Four: Sensation & Perception
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Kinesthesis
Motion Parallax
Opponent Process Color Theory
Parallel Processing
Perceptual Constancy
Phi Phenomenon
Psychophsics
Sensory Adaptation
Signal Detection Theory
Sound Localization
Top-down Processing
Transduction
Vestibular Sense
Visual Capture
Weber’s Law
Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory
Unit Five: Consciousness
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Alpha State
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Circadian Rhythm
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Delta Waves
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Dream Theories: Freudian, Information
Processing, Activation Synthesis
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Dual processing
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Hypnogogic state
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Hypnosis Theories: Divided Consciousness,
Social Influence
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Melatonin
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Night Terrors
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Opponent Process Theory of Motivation
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Pineal gland
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Psychoactive Drugs
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REM Rebound Effect
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Selective Attention/Inattention
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Sleep Disorders: Apnea, Bedwetting, Insomnia,
Narcolepsy, Sleep Walking
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Sleep Stages: Slow Wave, REM
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus
Unit Six: Learning
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Bandura, Albert—Bobo Doll Study
Classical Conditioning: US, UR, CS, CR
Cognitive Map
Extinction
Garcia, John: Taste Aversion
Higher-Order Conditioning (secondary)
Latent Learning
Mirror Neurons
Modeling
Incentive Motivation: Extrinsic, Intrinsic
Observational Learning
Operant Conditioning
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Over-Justification Effect
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Pavlov, Ivan
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Punishment: negative, positive
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Reinforcement: negative, positive
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Reinforcement Schedules: Continuous, FR, VR,
FI, VI
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Seligman, Martin: Learned Helplessness
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Spontaneous Recovery
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Stimulus: Generalization & Discrimination
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Successive Approximations (Shaping)
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Thorndike, Edward—Law of effect
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Watson, John
Unit Seven: Cognition
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Algorithm
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Belief Perseverance
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Chomsky, Noam: Language Acquisition Device
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Chunking
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Context/State Dependent Memory
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Divergent Thinking
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Ebbinghaus curve
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Encoding: Automatic, Effortful
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Encoding: Visual, Acoustic, Semantic
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Episodic Memory
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Explicit Memory
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Flashbulb Memory
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Framing Effect
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Forgetting Theories: Decay, Encoding Failure,
Retrieval Failure
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Framing Effect
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Functional Fixedness
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Heuristics: Representativeness, Availability,
Anchoring
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Implicit Memory
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Information Processing Model
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Insight
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Interference: Retroactive, Proactive
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Language Stages: Babbling, One-Word,
Telegraphic
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Loftus, Elizabeth
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Long-term Memory
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Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)
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Memory Construction/Reconstruction
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Mental Set
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Misinformation Effect
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Mnemonic
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Morpheme, Phoneme
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Overregularization/Overgeneralization of
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Procedural Memory
Prototype
Rehearsal
Retrieval Cues
Schemas
Semantic Memory
Sensory Memory—echoic & iconic
Serial Position Effect: Primacy, Recency
Short-term (Working) Memory
Source Amnesia
Stroop Effect
Whorf, Benjamin: Linguistic Determinism
Unit Eight: Motivation and Emotion
Achievement Motivation
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon
Arousal Theory
Biofeedback
Cannon-Bard Theory
Drive-Reduction Theory
Facial Feedback
Feel-Good, Do-Good Phenomenon
Homeostasis
Interviewer Illusion
James-Lange Theory
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Personnel Psychology
Problem Focused/Emotion Focused Coping
Psychoneuroimmunology
Relative Deprivation
Schachter-Singer Two-factor Theory
Set-point
Sexual Orientation
Seyle’s General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Type A/Type B
Yerkes-Dodson Curve
Unit Nine: Developmental Psychology
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Ainsworth, Mary: Attachment Theory & The
Strange Situation
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Assimilate/Accommodate
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Baumrind’s Parenting Styles: Authoritarian,
Permissive, Authoritative
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Bowlby, John: Reciprocal Releasing
Mechanisms
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Critical Period
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Erikson, Erik: Psycho-social Stages
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages
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Gilligan. Carol
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Harlow, Harry: Surrogate Mother Study
Imprinting
Kohlberg, Lawrence: Moral Development
Lorenz, Konrad
Piaget, Jean: Cognitive Development
Schemas
Stability/Change Issue
Stranger Anxiety
Teratogens
Theory of Mind
Zygote-Embryo-Fetus
Unit Ten: Personality
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Adler, Alfred: Inferiority Complex
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Big Five Trait Theory
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Defense Mechanisms
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Horney, Karen: Womb Envy
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Humanistic Perspective
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Introversion-Extroversion
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Jung, Carl: Collective Unconscious
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Locus of Control: Internal/External
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Maslow, Abraham: Self-Actualization
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
(MMPI)
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Mischel, Walter: Person-Situation Controversy
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Myers-Briggs
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Neo Freudians
Positive Psychology
Projective Tests
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Theory
Reciprocal Determinism
Rogers, Carl: Unconditional Positive Regard
Self Efficacy
Self-Serving Bias
Seligman’s Attributional Style
Sheldon’s Personality Types
Social-Cognitive Perspective
Spotlight Effect
Unit Eleven: Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Binet, Alfred
Cattell, Raymond
Emotional Intelligence
Factor g
Fluid / Crystallized Intelligence
Flynn Effect
Gardner, Howard: Multiple Intelligences
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Reification
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Reliability: ways to measure (test-retest,
alternate forms, split-half)
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Savant Syndrome
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Spearman, Charles
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Stanford-Binet: Intelligence Quotient
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Standardization
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Stereotype Threat
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Sternberg, Robert: Triarchic Theory
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Tests: achievement, aptitude
Thurstone, L.L.
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Diathesis-Stress Model
Anxiety Disorders
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Depression
Dissociative Disorders
Dopamine Hypothesis
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Beck, Aaron
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Eclectic Approach
ECT—Electro Convulsive Therapy
Ellis, Albert—Rational-Emotive Therapy
Group Therapy
Humanistic Therapy
Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic Therapy
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Actor-Observer Bias
Asch, Solomon
Attribution Theory
Bystander Effect
Chameleon Effect
Cognitive Scripts
Conformity: Normative, Informational
Contact Hypothesis
Deindividuation
Door-in-the-Face
Festinger, Leon: Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Fixed Action Patterns
Foot-in-the-Door
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
Fundamental Attribution Error
Group Polarization
Groupthink
Ingroup/Outgroup Bias
Intrinsic/Extrinsic Reward
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Validity: predictive, content, construct
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
Unit Twelve: Abnormal Psychology
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DSM IV
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Schizophrenia
Somatoform Disorders
Unit Thirteen: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Psychopharmacology: Antipsychotic,
Antianxiety, Antidepressant Drugs
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Psychosurgery
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
(rTMS)
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Rogers, Carl
Chapter Fourteen: Social Psychology
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Just-World Phenomenon
Mere-Exposure Effect
Milgram, Stanley
Mirror-Image Effect
Obedience
Overjustification Effect
Persuasion: Central/Peripheral Routes
Prejudice
Reciprocity Reflex
Scapegoat Theory
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Self-Serving Bias
Sherif, Muzafer: Boy Scout Study
Social Exchange Theory
Social Facilitation
Social Loafing
Social Trap
The End