GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY STUDY GUIDE

Q: How do we define the field of psychology TODAY? A: Psychology is

Q What is the biopsychosocial model of psychology? A:

Q: What is meant when we discuss nature and nurture as we try to explain human behavior and mental activity? A: Nature is Nurture is

Q: What are the most important theories in the field of psychology and how are they different from each other and how are the most important figures from that field? A: Structuralism is

Structuralists are Functionalism is Functionalists are Evolutionary Theory is

Founder of Evolutionary Theory

Psychoanalytic Theory is

Founder of Psychoanalytic Theory is

Behavioral Psychology is Behaviorists are

Cognitive Psychology is Cognitive Psychologists are Social Psychology is Social Psychology was founded by The first person acknowledged as an experimental psychologist is

Q: What is the difference between different research methodologies (=study designs) and how do they differ from each other? A: Descriptive Studies are

Three types of descriptive studies are Correlational Studies are Experimental Studies are

Practice examples:

A questionnaire that is sent out by email is an example for a .

When an experimenter uses a control group, (s)he is conducting a(n) When a researcher observes the relationship between two variables, (s)he is conducting a

. Someone studies a person with an extremely rare type of genetic disease? This is an example for

a. A zoologist observes gorillas in the wild and their mating behavior. This is a

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Q: What is the Milgram study and why was it unethical? A: Describe the study briefly: What was the participant asked to do?

Who were the three main players in this experiment and what were their jobs?

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How was deception used? What made the experiment unethical?

Q: In the nature/nurture debate, human behavior, emotions, and mental states are best explained as (think about if they are mostly one or the other or a mix of both)?

Q: What are three neuroscientific methods that can used used to examine the brain? How are they different from each other?

Q: How did Broca and Wernicke examine the brain, what brain regions did they find and what functions are these regions associated with?

Q: What are the brain regions amygdala, hippocampus, cerebellum, and prefrontal cortex associated with (what functions)?

Q: How are the rooting reflex, the sucking reflex and the swallowing reflexes different from each other?

Q: What are the different types of attachments and how do they differ from each other?

Q: What are some of the major developmental milestones and when do they occur?

Q: What is the difference between sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory?

What are the three memory processes? Explain their function.

Q: What is the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?

Q: What is the context-dependent memory effect?