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Psychology 101 Midterm Study Guide Chapter 12 Personality 1- Define Psychology. 2- When and where was the birth of psychology? 3- Describe the major principles of the following perspectives: psychodynamic, humanistic, biological, trait, and social-cognitive 4- Explain: Freud: defense mechanism, structure of personality, psychosexual stages of development Carl Rogers: unconditional positive regard, the self and the organism, congruence Maslow: hierarchy of needs Bandura: self efficacy, reciprocal determinism in self-efficacy Julian Rotter: locus of control, reciprocal determinism in locus of control The Big Five Chapter 2 Neuroscience and Behavior 1- Describe features and functions of the central and peripheral nervous systems. 2- Distinguish between the somatic and autonomic nervous systems. 3- Distinguish between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. 4- Describe the structure of the neuron and how impulses are transmitted from one neuron to another. 5- List/describe the role of neurotransmitters. 6- List/describe the function of hormones. 7- Describe the cerebrum. 8- Explain lateralization. 9- Explain plasticity. 10-Know the main functions of the hippocampus, amygdale, hypothalamus, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, glial cells, myelin sheath 11-Know the three messengers in the body: neurotransmitters, and endorphins, and hormones. 12- Know the function of the endocrine system. 13-Know the function of the lobes of the brain Chapter 3 Nature and Nurture 1- Distinguish among genes, chromosomes, and DNA. 2- What are the characteristics of genes. 3- Describe how each human has a unique genetic pattern. 4- Describe Chomsky’s position on language acquisition. 5- Discuss the evolutionary approaches to mating and marriage. 6-Know the results of twin studies. 7-know the difference between meiosis and mitosis. 8- Define the following terms: genotype, phenotype, gametes, diploid cells, haploid cells, recessive genes, dominant genes. Genomes 9- Distinguish between the three kinds of genetic engineering: gene therapy, germ-line genetic alteration, genetic enhancement Chapter 9 Thinking and Intelligence 1- Explain inductive, deductive, and dialectical reasoning. 2- Describe Sternberg’s theory of intelligence. 3- Distinguish between informal and formal reasoning. 4- List and describe the stages of reflective judgment. 5- Discuss the six types of cognitive bias that can influence reasoning. 6- Define and explain the g factor in intelligence. 7- Distinguish between the psychometric approach and the cognitive approach. 8- Describe Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. 9- Explain the barriers to Thinking: a. confirmation bias b. Representative heuristics c. Availability heuristics or exaggerating the improbable d. Biases due to fixation or mental sets e. Overconfidence or hindsight bias f. The need for cognitive consistency g. biases due to functional fixation h. belief perseverance 10- Explain reliability and validity