LA-101 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAMINATION Answer any four questions and respond to them in a coherent essay. (25 points each) You may answer ONE more for 10 extra points. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Define defense mechanisms. Name three types, giving examples of how each might affect an individual's behavior Discuss the major contributions of any three of the following persons: Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Mary Cover Jones, Carl Jung, Ivan Pavlov, Carl Rogers. Discuss the differences among negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, and punishment, and give an example of each. List the various levels of motives described in Maslow's hierarchy of motives and discuss how this hierarchy could influence people's everyday lives. Fully explain fully three specific symptoms of schizophrenic disorders. What is personality? According to Freud's model, what are the characteristics of the id, the ego, and the superego? 7. Describe two types of psychological therapies and their applications. 8. Discuss four stages of Erik Erikson's theory of Psychosocial Personality Development and how each influences the other. LA-101 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAMINATION - 2 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Explain the different types of learning found in classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and social or observational learning theory. Describe correlational or experimental research. Give an example and identify the advantages and disadvantages of this research method. Discuss two types of eating disorders, including causes, symptoms, and effects. Explain with details the purpose and requirements of the American Psychological Association's Code of Ethics that was written after the public uproar over Stanley Milgram's shock experiment. Choose a method of research and fully describe how it is developed to investigate the following topic: Can aggressive behavior in 6-year olds be related to too much computer gaming? Discuss the characteristics of intellectual disability, including three possible causes of this disability. Discuss learned helplessness by giving an example of this behavior and how it might affect the individual. GOOD LUCK!