PSYCH 100 1st EditionExam # 1 Study Guide Chapter- What is psychology?- Know history **birthday- The different (6) perspectives - Precursors to psychology (know who did these)- ALL schools of thought********* (know who’s associated, but do not have to memorize)- Psychology defined- Idea behind the biopsychosocial model o Determine what part is bio, psycho, and social- Do not need to know exactly what (ex: Thorndike) did o Not exactly what they did with their studies/experiment Chapter 2 Methods- Nature vs. Nurture (everything we do has this component)**- Why scientific approach is more reliable- Attitudes- Critical thinkingo What they tend to do- Characteristics of scienceo Mind set- Theory vs. hypothesiso What makes a good hypothesis- Variables, ID, IV- Applied and basic- Types of research**- Case studies- Naturalistic observations- Surveys- Random survey/assignment- Correlationso Why they’re not experimental o What do they doo What do they give uso Why are they called that- How to read a correlation coefficiento Number vs. sign- **Quasi-experiment does not have random assignment***- Know about experimental researchThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- What needs to be controlled- What would be a compound- Study of analysis- Reliability and validity***o Internal and external- IACUC AND IUB?Chapter 4 Neurons- All about neuronso How to walk through cycleo ISPS and ESPS o Partso How it workso Why are they important- Action potential- How it travels- Where its going- How charges add up- Polarizations- 40 mV for action potential to occur*****- what is the influence of APo Time, distance and channels- Nervous systemo Central o Sympathetic and paresthetic- Endocrine systemo Compare and contrast with nervous system- Cycle for nervous system- Not adrenal glands- Pituitary glands- Braino No addition from booko Medulla, pons, thalamus, reticularo Limbic systemo Lobeso Different lobes and what they do (in book)o Pinky and the brain videoo Cortex’s general ideao Association areas myth of only using 10% of our braino Brains property of plasticityChapter 5 sensation and perception- **Structure of sensation- Bottom up - Top up- Thresholds- Parts of the eye- Wave lengths- Color vision current theory- The ear- One question of toucho Biopsychosocial- Taste (review in book)- Smell (review in book)- Different ways and types of grouping things- Maybe one question for visual- Binocular vs. monocular- Perceptual constancy- Not the left and right part of brain- Know transduction o Afferent and efferent o How we get info from the
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