1. Psychology
Final Exam Review

2. Psychology Final Exam Review Psychological Theories & Early Psychologists
Definition of Psychology
DPUI (describe, predict, understand, influence behavior)
Wilhelm Wundt
First psychologist
William James
Introspection, first U.S. Psychologist
Introspection
Free association
Famous psychologist – all issues related to sex/aggression/childhood conflict
Sigmund Freud

3. Psychology Final Review
Behavior formed by responses to rewards, consequences
Behaviorism
Behavior formed by childhood conflicts
Psychoanalytical
Behavior formed by chemical/electrical impulses in brain
Neurobiological: behavior controlled by brain chemistry
Humanistic Best behavior formed when unconditional regard of humanity is valued
Eclectic
Behavior as a result of multiple causes/theories

4. Freud, Defense Mechanisms & Locus of Control
Freud’s Theory of Personality
All issues based on childhood conflict ID
Primitive Impulses
EGO
Conscience
Super Ego
Balancing the two
Locus of Control
How much you are able/not able to control issues in your life
Internal Locus of Control
Looking at life with you being able to control your future
External Locus of Control
Looking at life as a result of fate, luck
Internal and External Locus of Control,
Self Efficacy, Sense that you can achieve
Stress: Change : Distress – negative change Eustress – Positive Change

5. Research Methods Experimental Group Hypothesis
Group that experiment is used on
Control Group
Group that does not get the experiment
Placebo
Artificial medication with no real ingredients
Control
Subjects not chose for experiment – could skew results
Naturalistic Observation
Observation of subjects in natural environment
Field Study
Study of subjects outside of Lab
Hypothesis
Educated guess – statement of possible results
Independent variable
Variable experimenter controls – “If” this happens
Dependent Variable
Variable as result of experiment – “this” will result
Longitudinal Study
Study over the lifespan of subjects studied
Cross Sectional Study
Subjects chosen to represent a sample of population
Case Study
Detailed study of one subject

6. Neurobiology Central Nervous System
Cerebral Cortex
Frontal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Blood Brain Barrier
Corpus Callosum
Limbic System/Mid Brain
Cerebellum
Amygdala
Serotonin, Dopamine
Brain Dominance: Right/Left Brain

7. Sleep & Consciousness
REM Sleep
Circadian Rhythms
Narcolepsy
Insomnia

8. Defense Mechanisms Self Defense Mechanisms,
Rationalization, Identification with an Aggressor, Regression, Repression, Reaction Formation, Acting Out, Undoing, Sublimation, Intellectualization, Denial, Suppression, Isolation of Affect.
Self Efficacy: esteem
Somatoform Disorders (Conversion)
Dissociative Fugue, D.I.D.

9. Psychological Disorders
DSM-V
Anxiety Disorders – Panic, Phobic, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Dissociative Disorders – Amnesia, Fugue, D.I.D.
Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Dysthmia, Mania
Schizophrenia – Catatonic, Paranoid, Undifferentiated

10. Personality Disorders & Autism
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic, Histrionic, Odd/Eccentric,
Borderline
Antisocial Personality Disorder/Sociopath/Psychopath
Avoidant

11. Eating Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Cachexia
Pica