Psychology Outline and Vocabulary
Ms. Funderburg
Outline for Psychology notes: Test follows each section
- Section 1 notes: What is Psychology, history, research, ethics...
- Psychology
- Behavior
- Emotions
- Cognitive
- Psychologist
- Psychiatrist
- Associationism
- Aristotle
- Wundt
- James
- Skinner
- Freud
- Watson
- Testing
- Case study
- Longitudinal
- Cross sectional
- Naturalistic
- Laboratory
- Section 2 notes: The Nervous System
- Central nervous system
- Hindbrain
- Midbrain
- Forebrain
- Medulla
- Pons
- Cerebellum
- Thalamus
- Hypothalamus
- Hippocampus
- Amygdala
- Cerebral cortex
- Occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal lobe
- Lobotomy
- Peripheral nervous system
- Somatic division
- Autonomic division
- Neurons
- Dendrite
- Axons
- Axon terminal
- Myelin sheath
- Synapse
- Neurotransmitters
- Section 3 notes: Sensation and perception
- Sensation
- Cornea
- Lens
- Retina
- Optic nerve
- Blind spot
- Rods and cones
- Afterimage
- Colorblind
- Sound wave
- Amplitude
- Frequency
- Conducive deafness
- Sensorineural deafness
- Smell
- Taste
- Skin senses
- Vestibular senses
- Kinesthetic senses
- Perception
- Absolute threshold
- Difference threshold
- Sensory adaptation
- Signal-detection theory
- Gestalt rules: proximity, similarity, continuity, closure, common fate
- Monocular and binocular cues
- Movement
- Stroboscopic movement
- Visual illusions
- Section 4 notes: Endocrine System
- Endocrine system
- Hormones
- Pituitary
- Thyroid
- Adrenal
- Testes
- Ovaries
- Metabolism
- Adrenaline
- Testosterone
- Estrogen
- Progesterone
- Heredity
- Genes
- Physical traits
- Psychological traits
- Chromosome
- Nature v nurture
- Kinship studies
- Twins
- Adoptee studies
- DNA
- Section 5 notes: Gender characteristics
- Gender
- Gender roles
- Physical difference
- Cognitive difference
- Personality
- Gender schema
- Reinforcement
- Psychoanalytic theory
- Kohlberg and moral development
- Preconventional, conventional, postconventional
- Piaget and cognitive development
- Assimilation
- Accomodation
- Egocentric
- Animistic
- Artificialistic
- Sensorimotor
- Preoperational
- Concrete operational
- Formal operationa
- Object permanence
- Adolescence
- Puberty
- Relationships
- Cliques
- Crowds
- Peers
- Adulthood stages
- Aging
- Erickson
- Identity
- Identity crisis
- Marcia
- Identity moratorium
- Identity foreclosure
- Identity diffusion
- Identity achievement
- Section 6 notes: Learning, intelligence, language, memory
- Classical conditioning
- Pavlov
- Stimulus and response
- Generalization
- Discrimination
- Extinction
- Spontaneous recovery
- Fears
- Little Albert
- Flooding
- Systematic desensitization
- Counter conditioning
- Operant conditioning
- Reinforcement and Skinner
- Shaping
- Chaining
- Extinction
- Operant, reinforcer, punisher
- Social learning theory and Bandura
- Intelligence
- Gardner
- IQ
- Language
- Phoneme
- Morpheme
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Memory
- Encoding
- Storage
- Retrieval
- Sensory memory
- Short-term memory
- Long-term memory
- Forgetting
- Decay
- Displacement
- Recall
- Amnesia: anterograde and retrograde
- Section 7 notes: Emotion, motivation, consciousness
- Emotion
- Opponent-process
- James-Lange
- Cannon-Bard
- Cognitive appraisal
- Maslow
- Hiearchy of Needs
- Sleep
- Insomnia
- Nightmares/night terrors
- Sleepwalk
- Sleep apnea
- Narcolepsy
- Meditation
- Biofeedback
- Hypnosis
- Consciousness
- Sensory awareness
- Direct inner awareness
- Pre-conscious
- Unconscious
- Dreams
- Stress
- Conflict
- Approach-approach
- Avoidance-avoidance
- Avoidance-approach
- Multiple approach
- Drugs
- Depressants
- Stimulants
- Hallucinogens
- Narcotics
- Motivation
- Intrinsic
- Extrinsic
- Instinct
- Drive-reduction
- Humanistic
- Socio-cultural
- Section 8 notes: Personality
- Extrovert v introvert
- Big 5 model
- Freud and Psychoanalytic
- ID, ego, superego
- Psychosexual
- Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
- Humanistic
- Maslow—self-actualization
- Rogers—self-concept
- Rorschach, TAT
- Section 9 notes: Abnormal Psychology
- Abnormality
- Anxiety disorders
- Mood disorders
- Depression
- Bi-polar
- Seasonal affective
- Dissociative disorders
- Amnesia
- Identity
- Somatoform
- Schizophrenia
- Catatonic
- Disorganized
- Paranoia
- Free association
- Dream analysis
- Transference
- Resistance
- Person centered therapy
- Empathy
- Behavioral and cognitive techniques
- Drug therapy
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Section 10 notes: Social Psychology
- Attitudes
- Stereotyping
- Prejudices
- Attribution
- The Self
- Persuasion
- Social perception
- Interpersonal attraction
- Group behavior
- Conformity
- Obedience and Milgram
- Aggression
- Altruism