Psych Unit 1

Unit 1 - Part 2 Exam Study Guide

Key Terms and Concepts to Remember


Consciousness

Cognitive neuroscience

Dual processing

Blindspot

Parallel processing

Sequential processing

Sleep

Circadian rhythm

REM sleep

Alpha waves

NREM sleep stages

Hallucinations (Owen skip)

Hypnagogic sensations

Delta waves

Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

Insomnia

Narcolepsy

Sleep apnea

REM sleep behavior disorder

Dream Sigmund Freud

REM rebound

Sensation

Sensory receptors

Perception

Bottom-up processing

Top-down processing

Transduction

Psychophysics

Gustav Fechner

Absolute threshold

Signal detection theory

Subliminal

Priming

Difference threshold

Ernest Weber

Weber’s law

Sensory adaptation

Wavelength

Hue 

Intensity

Cornea

Pupil

Iris

Lens

Retina

Accommodation 

Rods

Cones

Optic nerve

Blind spot

Fovea

Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory

Opponent-process theory

David Hubel

Torsten Wiesel

Feature detectors

Parallel processing

Audition

Frequency

Pitch

Middle ear

Cochlea

Inner ear

Sensorineural hearing loss

Conduction hearing loss

Cochlear implant

Place theory

Frequency theory

Gate-control theory

Gustation

Olfaction

Kinesthesis

Vestibular sense

Sensory interaction

Embodied cognition



Most frequent questions:

  1. Principles of Sensation 

  • Know the 8 primary sensory systems

  • Eye + processing light

  • Ear + processing sound

  • All other sensory systems

  1. Sleeping - stages of sleeping

  • Sleep stages

  • Sleep disorders

  • Amount of sleep and benefits

  1. Dreaming

  • Dream theories

  1. Consciousness 

  • Different tracks of processing information


FRQ: (OWEN’s Class will reschedule this 2025)

  1. Mode, mean, median, range, standard deviation

  2. Independent variables vs dependent variables vs. confounding variables

  3. Case study, naturalistic observation, survey

  4. Correlation and experimentation - understand cause and effect

  5. Hypothesis - how supported by correlation and experimentation

  6. Operational definitions, replication, random sample, population, sampling bias, double-blind procedure, placebo

  7. Experimental group vs. control group