Study Guide Test 1
Professor Stern-Introductory Psychology
Note: This is a topical guide. It is a list of topics covered. It is not simply a list of terms to memorize. It does not necessarily include all of the topics in the text and lecture.
What is Psychology?
Psychiatry versus psychology?
Sub Areas of psychology
Research Methods (How do we know what we know?)
Theories and Hypothesis
How are hypotheses tested?
Neuron anatomy and functions
How the Neuron Cell fires
The all or none law
How neurons communicate
Neurotransmitters
Neuromodulators
Peripheral Nervous system
Techniques for Exploring the brain
Anatomy of the Brain
Hind brain
Medulla
Cerebellum
Midbrain
Forebrain
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Limbic system
Cerebral Hemispheres
The four lobes and their functions
Damage to the cortex
Apraxia
Agnosia
Aphasia (Wernicke, Broca)
Cerebral Lateralization
What is developmental psychology?
Major issues in developmental psychology
What is Development?
How do we study infant perception?
Cross sectional versus longitudinal research
Physical development
Pre-natal capabilities
Cognitive development
Jean Piaget
Schemas
Accommodation and Assimilation
Characteristics of the thinking of young children
Stages of cognitive development
Development of morality (Kohlberg)
Social Development
Harlow's research on Rhesus monkeys
Attachment styles and the strange situation
Child Abuse
You are expected to have read chapters 1 through 4.