PSYC 1000Exam # 1 Study Guide Lectures: 1 - 5For the test day you must have a bubble sheet. The test involves 60-70 questions. Not many questions will come from the last lecture (motivation) only about 5. The bulk of the questions deal with the history, Sigmund Freud Theory with personality, and a few questions involving the steps of research. No essay.Lecture 1 (September 2)History of PsychologyWho are the important people and theories that started psychology? Who, where, and When was psychology first discovered?Aristotle- First known historic figure to start questioning where people think and feel. 4th Century BC. Wilhem Wundt- Where psychology all began. 1879 in Liepzig, Germany Wundt established the first lab experiment.Edward Titchener- student of Wundts, brought teachings to the US.William James- Wrote first psychology textbook, first American psychologist, developed idea of functionalism.Mary Whilton Calkins- memory researcher and first female president of APA. Was declined her PhD from Harvard due to her gender.Margarete Floy Washburn- First female to gain a Psychology PhD.JB Watson- Founder of Behaviorism.BF Skinner- Studied the way consequences shaped behavior.Max Wertheimer- Founded Gestalt Psychology: Studies the way the brain organizes and structures our perceptions of the world in terms of meaningful patterns or wholesSigmund Freud- Founder of PsychoanalysisAbraham Maslow and Carl Rogers- Discovered HumanismBehaviorism: Based on consequences- reinforcements and punishments. Original behaviorism believed babies are born a “blank slate” neither bad or good and developed over one’s environment. Psychoanalytical Theory: psychodynamic perspective- believes babies are born bad and impulses, sex and aggression drive motivates an unconscious behavior.Humanism: Babies are born good but people have free will, individual control, and choices that affect their personalities.Perspectives-Physiological Perspective: everything you do, feel and think is governed through the brain due to heredity an dhormones.Cognitive Perspective: How people solve problems and make decisions through their thinking process, learning and memory, problem solving, language, concepts.Sociocultural Perspective: Ethnicity, gender, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, culture, disability, influence behavior.The best perspective is Bio-psycho-social: a combination of the three perspectives listed above.Remember Nature vs Nurture Lecture 2 (September 4) What is the scientific method? What are the steps and guidelines? What are the ethical guidelines of a psychologist?Scientific Method: is the process of testing our ideas about the world.Steps:TheoryHypothesisResearch-types of researchCase-StudyIndependent and Dependent VariablesCorrelationEthical Guidelines:ConsentConfidentialityProtectionLecture 3 (Sep 11)Sigmund Freud’s theory on personality.Lecture 4 (Sep 16)What are the main personality traits? CANOE?Conscientiousness: Self- discipline, careful pursuit of delayed goals (grows as you get older)Agreeableness: helpful, trusting, friendlinessNeuroticism: anxiety insecurity, emotional, instabilityOpenness: flexibility, nonconformity, varietyExtraversion: Drawing energy from others, sociabilityLecture 5 (Sep 18)What motivates people?BelongingAbraham