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Psychology Review
This is your final review for psychology. I have provided a list of key topics
and essay questions from which I will select the test questions. There will
be 45 true/false, matching, & multiple-choice questions, and 2 essay
questions. This should not be a stressful exam for you!! Study these and
do your best.
Know these people: Be able to write a sentence or two about each one telling what they
are known for.
1. Gordon Allport
12. Albert Bandura
2. Raymond Cattell
13. Ivan Pavlov
3. Sigmund Freud
14. Howard Gardner
4. Alfred Adler
15. Daniel Goleman
5. Carl Jung
16. Robert Sternberg
6. Karen Horney
17. Jean Piaget
7. Erik Erikson
18. Erik Erikson
8. John B. Watson
19. Jane Elliott
9. B.F. Skinner
20. Solomon Asch
10. Abraham Maslow
21. Stanley Milgram
11. Carl Rogers
22. Philip Zimbardo
Be able to define these terms.
1. hypnosis
12. conditioned stimulus
2. delusion
13. unconditioned response
3. id
14. unconditioned stimulus
4. ego
15. information processing model
5. superego
16. encoding
6. norm
17. storage
7. gender
18. retrieval
8. modeling
19. chunking
9. observational learning
20. primacy effect
10. latent learning
21. recency effect
11. conditioned response
22. heuristics
23. phobia
29. free association
24. schizophrenia
30. counterconditioning
25. hallucination
31. prejudice
26. bipolar disorder
32. discrimination
27. agoraphobia
33. social perception
28. aversive conditioning
34. social facilitation
Be able to give the key information regarding each of the following subjects.
1) REM sleep
16) reliability
2) Sleep cycles & stages
17) validity
3) Theories explaining dreams
18) DSM
4) Sleep problems & disorders
19) Categories of disorders (all)
5) Drug dependency
20) Types of schizophrenia
6) IQ
21) Symptoms of schizophrenia
7) The Big Five personality factors
22) Psychotherapy (all types)
8) Projective test
23) Types of biological therapy
9) Objective test
24) Psychosurgery
10) The Rorschach inkblot test
25) Development of attitudes
11) Types of personality tests
26) The Causes of prejudice
12) operant conditioning
27) Social decision schemes
13) classical conditioning
28) Asch’s studies of conformity
14) reinforcement schedules
29) Milgram’s studies of obedience
15) types of memory
30) The Stanford Prison Experiment
Be able to answer each of these essay questions. Two of them will appear on the test.
Except where noted, each answer should be 35 to 40 words long. Some will appear as
multiple choice questions instead of essays.
1) What was the most interesting single topic we studied in psychology? Why did that
particular subject appeal to you?
2) Explain the psychological perspective you feel best explains the way the human mind
works. Give reasons for why you chose that perspective.
3) Provide an example of how a positive reinforcer and a negative reinforcer can be
used together to encourage a behavior to occur again.