Introductory Psychology 
Final Exam Study Guide 
T= Text    L=Lecture R=Reading

Personality (Chapter 12)
Personality Defined (T&L)
Trait Perspective (T&L)
	Infant Temperament and Traits (T&L)
	The “Big Five” (T&L)
	Evaluation of Trait Perspective (T&L)
Learning Perspective (T&L)
	Behaviorism & Social-learning (T&L)
	Reciprocal Determinism (L) 
	Personal Control (T&L)
	Evaluation (T&L)
Humanistic Perspective (T&L)
	Maslow’s “Needs Hierarchy” (T&L)
	Rogers and the Conditions of Growth (T&L)
	Assessing the Self (T&L)
	Evaluation (T&L)
Socio-cultural Perspective (T&L)
	Collectivist vs. Individualist Societies (T&L)
	Evaluation (T&L)
Psychoanalytic Perspective (T&L)
	Id, Ego, and Superego (T&L)
	Freud’s and Erikson’s stages (T&L)
	Evaluation (T&L) 

Developmental Psychology (Chapter 5)
Definition of Development (L)
Stability and Change (T&L)
	Are adults prisoners of childhood?
Nature and Nurture in prenatal development (T&L)
The Competent Newborn (T&L)
	Crying, reflexes, learning, and perception
Language (T&L)
Attachment (T&L)
Physical development in Infancy & Childhood (T)
Cognitive Development
	Piaget’s theory (T&L)
	Stages (T&L)
Moral Development (T&L)
	Kohlberg’s theory & Critique (T, L)
Gender Development (T&L not covered)
Role of Parents (T&L)
Power & Limits of Parental Influence (T&L)
Adolescence & Puberty (T&L)
	Maturation and Adjustment (T&L)
Turmoil in Adolescence (T&L)
Wings and Roots (T&L)
Adulthood and Aging (T) 

Psychological Disorders (Chapter 13)
Folk Psychology and Mental Illness (L)
Scientific Approaches to Mental Illness (L)
Characterizing Mental Disorders (T&L)
	Statistical Deviance, Norm Violation
	Subjective Distress, Harmful Symptoms
Textbook Definition (T&L)
Classification: DSM IVR (T&L)
Criticisms (T&L)
Psychological Tests (T&L)
	Projective and Objective (T&L)
Mood Disorders (T&L)
	Major Depressive Disorders (T&L)
	Depression and Suicide (T&L)
	Bipolar Disorder (T&L)
Anxiety Disorders (T&L)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Panic Disorder, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (T&L)
Schizophrenia (T&L)
Other Disorders (T)
	
Therapy (Chapter 12)
Psychological and Biological Therapies (T&L)
Psychodynamic Therapies (T&L)
	Assumptions & Techniques
Behavioral Therapies (T&L)
	Assumptions & Techniques
Cognitive Therapies (T&L) 
	Assumptions & Techniques
Humanistic and Existential Therapies (T&L)
	Assumptions & Techniques
Family Therapy (T)
Evaluating Psychotherapies (T&L)
	Patients, Therapists, & Alliance (T&L) 
Bio-medical Therapies (T&L)
Drug Therapies (T&L)
	Drug Types, Testing Effectiveness (T&L)
Surgery & Electroshock Therapy (T&L)
Assessing Therapies (T&L)
The NIMH Study (T&L&R)

The Exam
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35 multiple-choice questions
2 short answer 1 extra credit question