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PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology Exam 4 Study Guide: Key Concepts and Topics, Exams of Psychology
This study guide provides an overview of the key concepts and hallmark studies in social-cultural psychology, as well as essential information on mental/psychological disorders, diagnostic criteria, and treatment approaches for students taking the psyc 1101 introduction to psychology exam 4. Topics covered include obedience studies, social roles and norms, prejudice, psychological disorders, diagnostic criteria, therapeutic interventions, and medications.
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PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology
Exam 4 Study Guide
Be familiar with the hallmark studies in social-cultural psychology, including the following: Milgram’s obedience study, the Stanford Prison Study (Zimbardo), Ashe’s study on group conformity, and the Robber’s Cave (Sherif) experiment. Understand the following social-cultural psychology concepts: social roles & social norms, entrapment, routinizing the task, fundamental attribution error, self-serving bias, just-world hypothesis, blaming the victim, the validity effect, groupthink, bystander apathy, social loafing, diffusion of responsibility, deindividuation, acculturation, ethnocentrism, and stereotypes. Understand some of the psychological and social forces at work in the development of prejudice. How, and under what conditions, might we reduce prejudice? What is a mental/psychological disorder? What are some of the criteria used in defining abnormality when it comes to symptom/behavioral patterns? What criteria are relied on most directly (within the DSM) for diagnosing psychological disorders? What is the DSM? What are the advantages and disadvantages (or concerns) of diagnosing mental/psychological disorders? What are the differences between objective and projective tests? What is an example of each? Know the basic characteristics and etiological (causal) factors for each of the psychological disorders [emphasizing those we discussed in class (anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and schizophrenia), but including those discussed in your text]. Be able to “diagnose” sample cases. Know the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia Know the basic mechanisms of action of medications used for treating depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Be familiar with each of the major schools of psychotherapy discussed in your text and in class. This includes the assumptions underlying each approach and the interventions used in each approach. What are the findings regarding treatment outcome for medication and psychotherapy?