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1 PSYC 1001:001 Final Exam Study Guide • Final Exam will cover materials presented from chapters 14 and 15 AND key concepts from rest of semester • Final Exam will open at 7 am on MONDAY, 5/8, and close at 7 am on TUESDAY 5/9 • You can access the Final Exam under the ‘Quizzes’ portion of the ‘Assessments’ tab on D2L • TIMED. 75 minutes (50 questions) • You MUST be somewhere with a reliable internet connection • You MAY NOT work with anyone else on the exam • You CANNOT drop this exam grade Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders Define the following: • Psychopathology • DSM • Diathesis-stress model • Biopsychological theory • Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) • Obsession • Compulsion • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • Major Depression • Cognitive Triad • Bipolar Disorder • Schizophrenia • Positive Symptoms • Negative Symptoms Overview of Psychological Disorders • What are the four criteria for a behavior to be classified as a ‘disorder’? • What are the two main theories for what causes psychological disorders? Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 • What are the three parts of the DSM? • How many categories are there in the current DMS version? • What is comorbidity? How does comorbidity relate to the DSM? Disorders Discussed in Class • What are the symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)? • What are the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? What is the difference between an obsession and a compulsion? What is the relationship between obsessions and compulsions in OCD? • What are the symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? What do flashbulb memories have to do with PTSD? • What are the symptoms of major depression? Does depression have a genetic component? What neurotransmitters are involved in depression? • What is the cognitive triad? How does this relate to the development of depression? • What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder? What is the difference between Type I and Type II bipolar disorder? Does bipolar disorder have a genetic component? • What is the difference between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia? Does schizophrenia have a genetic component? What brain changes are associated with schizophrenia? What neurotransmitter is involved in schizophrenia? Is it too much or too little of this neurotransmitter that is linked to the symptoms of schizophrenia? • What is the role of the environment in schizophrenia?2 Chapter 15: Psychological Treatments Define the following: • Psychotherapy • Psychotropic medication • Psychodynamic therapy • Humanistic therapy • Behavior therapy • Cognitive therapy • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy • Group therapy • Family therapy • Trephine • Lobotomy • Psychopharmacology • Antipsychotic drugs • Antianxiety medications • Antidepressants • Electroconvulsive therapy • Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) • Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment of Psychological Disorders • What are three main approaches used to treat psychological disorders? • What are the six approaches to psychotherapy? What is the difference between each of them? Be prepared to identify an example of each. • What happens during a trephine surgery? What happens during a lobotomy? • What are the three main types of medications used to treat psychological disorders? Be prepared to match the type of drug to its associated psychological disorder. • What is transcranial magnetic stimulation and what disorder may it be used to treat? • What is deep brain stimulation and what disorder may it be used to treat? Chapter 1: History of Psychology and Psychology as a Science • What part of the mind does structuralism explore? • What part of the mind does functionalism explore? • How does behaviorism attempt to explain our behavior? • What are the six steps in the scientific method, including what happens in each step? • What is the difference between descriptive research, correlational research and experimental research? Be prepared to identify an example of each. • What is the different between a positive and negative correlation? • True or false: Correlation and Causation are the same thing. Why or why not? • What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable? Be prepared to identify an example of each. • What is an institutional review board and what does it do? Chapter 2: Neuroscience and the Mind • What are the four main parts of a neuron, and what is the function of each part? • How does myelin change the speed of action potentials (speed up or slow down)? • How do we know that different brain regions perform different functions? • Who is Phineas Gage and what did he contribute to our understating of the mind? • Know the names and functions of each of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex. • What is the function of the thalamus? Of the hypothalamus? • What do twin studies contribute to our understanding of the mind? • What do adoption studies contribute to our understanding of the mind? Chapter 3: Consciousness, Dreams, Sleep and Drug Abuse • What is consciousness?3 • What do split brain patients tell us about consciousness? Please review the split-brain experiment either in your text or do the ‘Split Brain Patient’ ZAPS online • What is sleep? • What are the three types of electrical signals we measure during sleep? How do each of these signals change during different phases of sleep? • What are the 6 common sleep disorders we discussed in class? Be prepared to identify an example of each. • What are the three theories for why we sleep? Be prepared to identify an example of each theory. • What is the difference between addiction, drug tolerance and drug withdrawal symptoms? • What is the difference between depressants and stimulants? • How does a dose-response curve change during drug tolerance? Chapter 4: Development of the Mind • What are some examples of teratogens and what effect do they have on unborn babies? • What is the difference between assimilation and accommodation? • What are the difference between the Preoperational, Concrete operational, and Formal operational stages of Piaget’s cognitive development? • What is the difference between egocentrism and theory of mind? • What test is used


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