Types of Psychologists
Be able to recognize the different types:
developmental
clinical
cognitive
behavioral neuroscience
social
evolutionary
Sleep
Know about…
apnea
narcolepsy
night terrors
sleep walking
zeitgebers
differences between REM and SWS
increases and decreases
brain activation seen
Scientific Method / Statistics
Be able to identify:
a dependent variable
an independent variable
a confound variable
a correlation and what it means
Memory
Be able to apply the concepts of…
state dependent memory
context dependent memory
Nervous system overview
Know about…
neurotransmitters (NTs)
parts of the neuron
different types of neurons
agonists (and examples)
antagonists (and examples)
Neuronal Communication
Know about…
the action potential
diffusion
electrostatic force
G-protein coupled receptors
ion-gated receptors
Brain structure
Know the function (and area) of…
the lobes
Broca's
Wernicke's
myelin
gray matter
white matter
Memory revisited
Be able to identify these concepts:
amnesia (anterograde and retrograde)
episodic
working
sensory
short term
long term
implicit
procedural
explicit
semantic
interference (retroactive and proactive)
serial position effect (primacy and recency)
Emotion
Know
about facial expressions and emotion
contextual influence
Cannon-Bard theory
Schacter's two-factor theory
anatomical components of emotion (including NTs)
Consciousness
Know about
serial versus parallel processing
what is the bottleneck
blindsight
cocktail party effect
dual-tasking
processing of conjunctions
Stress and Health
Know about the…
SAM and HPA axis roles
perception of stressors
types of stressors
biopsychosocial model
stress responses
stress mediators
types of coping
Vision
Know…
the physical properties of light
Reichardt detector
cell types in the eye
types of photoreceptors
retinotopic organization
Sensation and Perception
Also know about
Weber's law
population changes of rods and cones
receptive fields
Cognition
Know everything. Including…
fixation
confirmation bias
heuristics
framing
monocular cues
binocular cues
figure-ground
common boundary, field of normals, segmentation
Language
Know about…
morphemes
phonemes
syntax
semantics
syllables
grammar
phonology
linguistic relativity
Chomsky's language acquisition device
Intelligence
Understand…
reliability
validity
divergent thinking
fixation bias
processing speed
working memory
flexibility
attention
organization
Learning and Conditioning
Be able to distinguish between
shaping
discrimination
generalization
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
punishment
operational conditioning
classical conditioning
primary reinforcer
secondary reinforcer
Development
Know the what and when of…
object permanence
conservation
theory of mind
And know about…
attachment
temperament
accomodation
assimilation
schemata
imprinting
Personality
Understand what is meant by…
different defense mechanisms
growth orientation
deficiency orientation
projective
objective
locus of control
learned helplessness
compensation
Jung's archtypes
striving for superiority
collectivism
individualism
Social I
Be able to recognize…
different types of attributions
internal… stable… global
factors in attraction
cognitive dissonance
Social II
Also know…
group polarization
group think
social facilitation
diffusion of responsibility
by stander effect
components of attitudes
sources of attributions
Disorders & Therapies I
Understand…
the fundamental attribution error (FAE)
the role of FAE and loss of support
kinds of stressors and loss of support
treatments for anorexia / bulimia
Disorders & Therapies II
Be able to discuss…
types of affective (mood) disorders
types of schizophrenia
obsessive compulsive disorders
phobias
and drugs that play a role in their treatment