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.