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LEARNING (Ch 5, Ciccarelli & White)

1  Definition of Learning

 Classical Conditioning
o Elements of Classical Conditioning
o Biological Influences on Conditioning
o Why Does Classical Conditioning Work?

 Operant Conditioning
o Thorndike’s Puzzle Box and the Law of
Effect
o The Concept of Reinforcement
o Schedules of Reinforcement
o Role of Punishment in Operant
Conditioning
o Shaping and Other Concepts in Operant
Conditioning

 Classic studies in psychology: Biological

Constraints on Operant Conditioning
o Using Operant Conditioning: Behavior
Modification

 Cognitive Learning Theory

o Tolman’s Latent Learning
o Köhler’s Insight Learning
o Seligman’s Learned Helplessness
 Observational Learning
o Bandura and the Bobo Doll
o The Four Elements of Observational
Learning
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2 MEMORY (Ch 6, Ciccarelli & White) 1.

 What Is Memory?
o Three Processes of Memory
o Models of Memory

 The Information-Processing Model

o Sensory Memory
o Short-Term Memory
o Long-Term Memory
 Retrieval
 Retrieval Cues
 Recall and Recognition

 Classic studies in psychology

o Elizabeth Loftus and Eyewitnesses
o Automatic Encoding

 Nature of Long-Term Memory Retrieval

o How Reliable Are Memories?
o Constructive Processing of Memories
o Memory Retrieval Problems

 Forgetting
o Ebbinghaus and the Forgetting Curve
o Encoding Failure
o Memory Trace Decay Theory
o Interference Theory

 Neuroscience of Memory
o Neural Activity, Structure, and Proteins in
Memory Formation
o The Hippocampus and Memory
o Organic Amnesia
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3 PERSONALITY (Ch 13, Ciccarelli & White) 1.

 Theories of Personality
 Sigmund Freud
o Origins of Psychoanalytic Perspective
 The Unconscious Mind
 Divisions of the Personality
 Stages of Personality Development
 The Neo-Freudians
(Psychodynamic Perspective)
 Current Thoughts
 Behaviorist and Social Cognitive View of
Personality
o Bandura’s Reciprocal Determinism and
Self-Efficacy
o Rotter’s Social Learning Theory:
Expectancies
o Current Thoughts
 The Third Force: Humanism and Personality
o Carl Rogers and Self-Concept
o Current Thoughts
 Trait Theories
o Allport
o Cattell and 16PF
o The Big Five: OCEAN (Five-Factor
Model of Personality)
o Current Thoughts
 Dimensions of Cultural Personality
 Assessment of Personality
o Interviews
o Projective Tests
o Behavioral Assessments
o Personality Inventories
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4 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (Ch 12, Ciccarelli &

White)

 Social Influence
o Conformity
o Group Behavior
o Compliance
o Obedience

 Social Cognition
o Attitudes
o Attitude Change
o Cognitive Dissonance
o Impression Formation
o Attribution

 Social Interaction
o Defining Prejudice
o Discrimination
o Overcoming Prejudice

 Liking and Loving: Interpersonal Attraction

o The Rules of Attraction
o Robert Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of
Love

 Aggression and Prosocial Behavior

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5 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS (Ch 14,

Ciccarelli & White)

 Brief History of Psychological Disorders

 What Is Abnormal?

 Diagnosing and Classifying Disorders

o Disorders in the DSM-5
o 
How Common Are Psychological
Disorders?
o The Pros and Cons of Labels

 Disorders of Anxiety, Trauma, and Stress

o Phobic Disorders
o Panic Disorder
o Generalized Anxiety Disorder
o Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
o Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
o Causes of Anxiety, Trauma, and Stress
Disorders

 Disorders of Mood
o Depressive Disorders
o Bipolar Disorders
o 
Causes of Disordered Mood
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6 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS (Ch 14,

Ciccarelli & White)

 Eating Disorders
o Anorexia Nervosa
o 
Bulimia Nervosa
o Binge-Eating Disorder
o Causes of Eating Disorders
o Culture and Eating Disorders

 Dissociative Disorders: Altered Identities

o Dissociative Amnesia And Fugue
o Dissociative Identity Disorder:
o Causes of Dissociative Disorders

 Schizophrenia: Altered Reality

o Symptoms
o 
Causes Of Schizophrenia

 Personality Disorders
o Antisocial Personality Disorder
o Borderline Personality Disorder
o Causes of Personality Disorders
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7 STRESS & HEALTH ((Ch 11, Ciccarelli & White)

 Stress and Stressors

o Definition
o What Are Stressors?
o Environmental Stressors
o Psychological Stressors

 Physiological Factors: Stress and Health

o The General Adaptation Syndrome
o Immune System and Stress
o The Influence of Cognition and
Personality on Stress

 Coping With Stress

o Coping Strategies
o How Culture Affects Coping
o How Religion Affects Coping