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Exam 1 Study Guide- Online class 

Concepts you should know.

PSY 1010 

Reminder! 

Exam 1 will be available 9/21-9/27

‣ 50 multiple choice questions covering chapters 1-4.  

‣ Questions will be mix of concepts and applied.  

‣ Exam will be available on Blackboard.  

‣ Once you begin, you will have 2 hours to complete it—you may not  stop and start, so please begin it when you have the time to complete  it.  

How to Study:  

‣ However best you study is best method. I do highly recommend flashcards.  ‣ You should know how to define the concepts, the people involved (if  mentioned) and also be able to apply concepts to real world cases. 

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Psychology • Psychology as a science; what is it? 

• Dualism vs. materialism vs. nativism vs. idealism 

• Empirical observations 

• History of psych: What were the key concepts?(Structuralism,  functionalism, gestalt, humanism, psychoanalytic theory,  behavioralism, classical conditioning, cognitive revolution) 

• What are the different contemporary psych fields and how do the  differ/what do they study? (Social, clinical, health, cognitive,  development, personality, etc.) 

Chapter 2: Psychological Research • Why is psychological research important?  

• Deductive & Inductive reasoning 

• Scientific method (esp. theory vs. hypotheses and how to apply them) • Falsifiability 

• What are the different approaches to psych research (e.g., naturalistic observation, archival,  case study, surveys, experiments, etc)? 

• Correlational VS. Experimental research—know both types and what their differences are. • Double-blind study 

• How do we define variables—operational definitions 

• Independent vs. dependent variables 

• Ethics 

• Reliability vs. validity 

• Confirmation Bias

Chapter 3: Biopsychology 

• Theory of natural selection 

• Genetic variation-chromosomes, dan, alleles, genotype vs. phenotypes, Punnett squares • Glia cells 

• Neurons- what are they? what do they do? what are they made up of (e.g., myelin sheath,  dendrite, synapse, etc.)? What are the different types (e.g., sensory, motor, inter) 

• Neurotransmitters- what are the key ones presented in slides/book and what are their  functions 

• Psychotropic medications—agonists vs. antagonists 

• Nervous system—what are the different parts, what are their functions (e.g., parasympathetic  vs. sympathetic; central vs. peripheral; somatic vs. autonomic) 

• The brain: lateralization, corpus callosum, what are the different regions and their functions  we discussed in class? 

• What are the different types of brain imaging techniques?  

• Nature vs nurture debate

Chapter 4: Sensation & Perception • Sensation vs. Perception- know the difference 

• Absolute threshold 

• Gestalt theories- what is Gestalt psych, what are the different theories • Auditory cortex 

• Transduction 

• Sensory Adaptation 

• Vision (what are the processes & parts involved)  

• Hearing (what are the processes & parts involved) 

• Other senses (e.g., balance, posture, etc.) 

• Sensorineural vs. conductive hearing loss—what are they, what causes  them?