`INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #1
CHAPTERS 1,2,3,8, AND 15
CHAPTER 1 - SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING
Defining psychology
Overt and Covert behaviors
Empiricism
Scientific observation
4 goals of psychology
Structuralism/Wilhelm Wundt
Functionalism/William James
Gestalt Psychology/Max Wertheimer
Cultural relativity
Pseudo-psychology
Chapter 2 - RESEARCH METHODS
The scientific method
Naturalistic observation
Correlational studies
Experimental method
Placebo effect
Clinical method/case study
Survey method
CHAPTER 3 - BRAIN, BIOLOGY, BEHAVIOR
Parts of the neuron
Synapses
Neurotransmitters
CT Scanning
MRI
PET scan
CHAPTER 8 - STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Altered state of consciousness
Microsleep
Stages of Sleep
REM sleep
non-REM sleep
Insomnia
Somnambulists
Narcolepsy
Sleep Apnea
SIDS
Psychoactive drugs
Stimulant
Depressant
Physical dependence
Psychological dependence
CHAPTER 15 - PERSONALITY
Personality defined
Gordon Allport/Trait Theories
Raymond Catell
Five factor model of traits
Freud/Psychoanalytic theory
Neo-Freudians
Koren Horney
Carl Jung
Rotter/Social Learning Theory
Miller and Dollard/Social Reinforcement
Abraham Maslow
Self-actualization
Carl Rogers/Humanistic theory
Personality Assessment