Final Exam Review Sheet

Introduction to Psychology
Final Exam Review Sheet


What is psychology?

Why is it important to study psychology?

Human Growth and Development

                Cognitive Theories (Piaget)
                Psychosocial Theories (Erikson)
                Nature v nurture
                Childhood/Adolescence/ Adulthood/ later adulthood

Consciousness
                Sleep Cycles
                Biorhythms/ circadian rhythms
                Insomnia
                Narcolepsy
                Sleepwalking
                Sleep talking
                Dreams (theory)

Learning:
                Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Social Learning
Watson
                Skinner
                Emotional Conditioning

Memory
                Encoding
                Storage
                Retrieval
                Sensory memory
                Short term memory
                Long term memory
                Chunking


               
Motivation
                Theories of Motivation (Instinct, Drive-Reduction, extrinsic, intrinsic)
                Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs
                Self-actualization

Personality Theories
                What is personality?
Psychoanalytical
Behaviorism
Humanistic
                Cognitive
                Trait theory

Stress and Health
                Fight or flight
                Stress free activities



Psychological Disorders
                DSM-V
                Mood Disorders
                Anxiety Disorder
                OCD
                Personality Disorders
                Dissociative Identity Disorder
                Schizophrenia
                Addiction



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