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Unit 0: Scientific Methodology (5?

):
• Research types:
• Experiment
• Correlational Study
• Survey
• Naturalistic Observation
• Case Study

Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior (163)


• 1.1 - Interaction of • All-or-Nothing • Opioids
Heredity & Principle • Heroin
Environment • Depolarization • Tolerance
• Heredity • Refractory Period • Addiction
• Nature • Resting Potential • Withdrawal
• Nurture • Reuptake Symptoms
• Evolutionary • Threshold • 1.4 - The Brain
Perspective • Multiple Sclerosis • Brain Stem
• Eugenics • Myasthenia Gravis • Medulla
• Twin Studies • Action Potential • Reticular Formation
• Family Studies • Neurotransmitter • Cerebellum
• Adoption Studies • Excitatory • Cerebral Cortex
• 1.2 - Overview of • Inhibitory • Limbic System
the Nervous • Dopamine • Thalamus
System • Serotonin • Hypothalamus
• Central Nervous • Norepinephrine • Pituitary Gland
System • Glutamate • Hippocampus
• Brain • GABA • Amygdala
• Spinal Cord • Endorphins • Corpus Callosum
• Peripheral Nervous • Substance P. • Lobes
System • Acetylcholine • Occipital Lobe
• Autonomic Nervous • Hormones • Temporal Lobe
System • Adrenaline • Parietal Lobe
• Somatic Nervous • Leptin • Somatosensory
System • Ghrelin Cortex
• Sympathetic • Melatonin • Frontal Lobe
Nervous System • Oxytocin • Prefrontal Cortex
• Parasympathetic • Agonist • Motor Cortex
Nervous System • Antagonist • Split Brain Research
• 1.3 - The Neuron & • Reuptake Inhibitors • Hemispheres
Neural Firing • Stimulants • Broca’s Area
• Neurons • Caffeine • Wernicke’s Area
• Glial Cells • Cocaine • Aphasia
• Reflex Arc • Depressants • Brain Plasticity
• Sensory Neurons • Alcohol • EEG
• Motor Neurons • Hallucinogens • fMRI
• Interneurons • Marijuana • Lesioning
• 1.5 - Sleep • Sensory • Sound
• Consciousness Adaptation Localization
• Sleep • Weber’s Law • Conduction
• Wakefulness • Sensory Deafness
• Circadian Rhythm Interaction • Sensorineural
• REM Sleep • Synesthesia Deafness
• REM Rebound • Retina • Smell
• Activation-Sythesis • Blind Spot • Olfactory System
• Consolidation • Visual Nerve • Gustation
Theory • Accommodation • Sweet
• Memory • Rods • Sour
Consolidation • Cones • Salty
• Restoration • Trichromatic • Bitter
• Sleep Disorders Theory • Umami
• Insomnia • Opponent-Process • Oleogustus
• Narcolepsy Theory • Tongue
• REM Sleep • Fovea • Taste Receptors
Behavior Disorder • Ganglion Cells • Supertasters
• Sleep Apnea • Dichromatism • Medium Tasters
• Somnambulism • Monochromatism • Nontasters
• 1.6 - Sensation • Prosopagnosia • Chemical Senses
• Sensation • Blindsight • Touch
• Threshold • Sound • Pain
• Transduction • Wavelength • Gate Control
• Stimuli • Amplitude Theory
• Absolute • Pitch Perception • Phantom Limb
Threshold • Place Theory Sensation
• Just-Noticeable • Volley Theory • Vestibular Sense
Difference • Frequency Theory • Kinesthesis

Unit 2: Cognition (108)


• 2.1 - Perception • Inattentional • Apparent
• Perception Blindness Movement
• Top-Down • Binocular Depth • 2.2 - Thinking,
Processing Cues Problem-Solving,
• Bottom-Up • Retinal Disparity Judgements &
Processing • Convergence Decision-Making
• Shema • Monocular Depth • Concepts
• Perceptual Sets Cues • Prototypes
• Gestalt Psychology • Relative Clarity • Schemas
• Closure • Relative Size • Assimilation
• Figure Ground • Texture Gradient • Accommodation
• Proximity • Linear Perspective • Algorithm
• Similarity • Interposition • Heuristic
• Attention • Perceptual • Representativeness
• Cocktail Party Effect Constancy Heuristic
• Availability • Mnemonic Devices • 2.7 - Forgetting &
Heuristic • Method of Loci Other Memory
• Mental Sets • Chunking Challenges
• Priming • Categories • Forgetting Curve
• Framing • Hierarchies • Encoding Failure
• Gambler’s Fallacy • Spacing Effect • Proactive
• Sunk-Cost Fallacy • Massed Practice Interference
• Executive Functions • Distributed Practice • Retroactive
• Divergent Thinking • Serial Position Interference
• Functional Effect • Inadequate
Fixedness • Primacy Effect Retrieval
• 2.3 - Introduction • Recency Effect • Repression
to Memory • 2.5 - Storing • Misinformation
• Memory Memories Effect
• Explicit Memory • Sensory Memory • Source Amnesia
• Episodic • Short-Term Memory • Constructive
• Semantic • Long-Term Memory Memory
• Implicit Memory • Maintenance • Memory
• Procedural Memory Rehearsal Consolidation
• Prospective • Elaborative • Imagination
Memory Rehearsal Inflation
• Long-Term • Autobiographical • 2.8 - Intelligence &
Potentiation Memory Achievement
• Working Memory • Retrograde • Intelligence
Model Amnesia • Intelligence
• Central Executive • Anterograde Quotient (IQ)
• Phonological Loop Amnesia • Intelligence Tests
• Visuospatial • Alzheimer’s Disease • Standardized
Sketchpad • Infantile Amnesia • Test Validity
• Long-Term Memory • 2.6 - Retrieving • Test Reliability
• Multi-Store Model Memories • Stereotype Lift
• Sensory Memory • Recall • Flynn Effect
• Echoic Memory • Recogntion • Poverty
• Iconic Memory • Retrieval Cues Discrimination
• Automatic • Context-Dependent • Achievement Tests
Processing Memory • Aptitude Tests
• Effortful Processing • Mood-Congruent • Fixed Mindset
• Structural Encoding Memory • Growth Mindset
• Phonemic Encoding • State-Dependent
• Semantic Encoding Memory
• 2.4 - Encoding • Testing Effect
Memories • Metacognition

Unit 3 - Development & Learning (108)


• 3.1 - Themes & Developmental • Stability & Change
Methods in Psychology • Nature vs. Nurture
• Continuous • Concrete • Secure Attachment
Development Operational Stage • Insecure Avoidant
• Discontinuous • Formal Operational Attachment
Development Stage • Insecure Anxious
• 3.2 Physical • Lev Vygotsky Attachment
Development • Scaffolding • Insecure
Across the • Some of Proximal Disorganized
Lifespan Development Attachment
• Teratogens • Cystallized • Separation Anxiety
• Maternal Illness Intelligence • Egocentrism
• Genetic Mutation • Fluid Intelligence • Social Clock
• Hormonal Factors • Dementia • Emerging
• Environmental • 3.5 - Adulthood
Factors Communication & • Psychosocial
• Physical Language Development
Development Development • Erik Erikson
• Fine Motor • Langauge • Trust & Mistrust
Coordination • Phonemes • Autonomy & Shame
• Gross Motor • Morphemes and Doubt
Coordination • Semantics • Industry &
• Rooting Reflex • Grammar Inferiority
• Growth Spurt • Syntax • Identity & Role
• Puberty • Nonverbal Cues Confusion
• Primary Sex • Cooing • Intimacy & Isolation
Characteristics • Babbling • Generativity &
• Secondary Sex • One-Word Stage Stagnation
Characteristics • Telegraphic Speech • Integrity & Despair
• Menarche • Overgeneralization • Adverse Childhood
• Spermarche • 3.6 - Social- Experiences
• Menopause Emotional • Achievement
• 3.3 - Gender & Development • Diffusion
Sexual Orientation Across the • Foreclosure
• 3.4 - Cognitive Lifespan • Moratorium
Development • Ecological Systems • 3.7 - Classical
Across the Theory Conditioning
Lifespan • Microsystem • Classical
• Jean Piaget • Mesosystem Conditioning
• Sensorimotor Stage • Exosystem • Unconditioned
• Object Permanence • Macrosystem Stimulus
• Preoperational • Chronosystem • Unconditioned
Stage • Authoritarian response
• Conservation Parenting • Conditioned
• Reversibility • Authoritative Stimulus
• Animism Parenting • Conditioned
• Egocentrism • Permissive Response
• Theory of Mind Parenting • Neutral Stimulus
• Extinction • Primary Reinforce • Fixed Interval
• Stimulus • Secondary • Variable Interval
Discrimination Reinforcer • Fixed Ration
• Generalization • Discrimination • Variable Ratio
• One-Trial • Generalization • 3.9 - Social,
Conditioning • Shaping Cognitive, &
• Biological • Instinctive Drift Neurological
Preparedness • Superstitious Factors in
• Habituation Behavior Learning
• 3.6 - Operant • Learned • Social Learning
Conditioning Helplessness Theory
• Reinforcement • Schedule • Vicarious Learning
• Punishment • Continuous • Insight Learning
• Law of Effect Reinforcement • Latent Learning
• Positive • Partial
• Negative Reinforcement

Unit 4 - Social Psychology & Personality (79)


• 4.1 - Attribution • Out-Group • Deindividuation
Theory & Person Homogeneity Bias • Social Facilitation
Perception • In-Group Bias • False Consensus
• Attribution • Ethnocentrism Effect
• Dispositional • Cognitive • Superordinate
Attribution Dissonance Goals
• Situational • 4.3 - Psychology of • Social Trap
Attribution Social Situations • Altruism
• Explanatory Style • Social Norms • Social Reciprocity
• Actor/Observer Bias • Social Influence Norm
• Fundamental Theory • Bystander Effect
Attribution Error • Persuasion • 4.4 -
• Self-Serving Bias • Central Route Psychodynamic &
• Internal Locus of Persuasion Humanistic
Control • Peripheral Route Theories of
• External Locus of Persuasion Personality
Control • Foot-in-the-Door • Ego Defense
• Mere Exposure • Door-in-the-Face Mechanisms
Effect • Conformity • Denial
• Self-Fulfilling • Obedience • Displacement
Prophecy • Individualism • Projection
• Social Comparison • Collectivism • Rationalization
• 4.2 - Attitude • Multiculturalism • Reaction Formation
Formation & • Group Polarization • Regression
Attitude Change • Groupthink • Repression
• Stereotype • Diffusion of • Sublimation
• Just-World Responsibility • Unconditional
Phenomenon • Social Loafing Regard
• Self-Actualization • Arousal Theory • Hormones
• 4.5 - Social- • Yerkes-Dodson Law • External Factors
Cognitive & Trait • Self-Determination • 4.7 - Emotion
Theories of Theory • Broaden-and-Build
Personality • Intrinsic Motivation Theory or Emotion
• Reciprocal • Extrinsic Motivation • Anger
Determinism • Instincts • Disgust
• Big Five Trait • Lewin’s • Sadness
Theory Motivational • Fear
• Agreeableness Conflict Theory • Happiness
• Openess • Approach-Approach • Surprise
• Extraversion • Approach- • Universality of
• Conscientiousness Avoidance Emotions
• Emotional Stability • Avoidance- • Display Rules
• Factor Analysis Avoidance • Elicitors
• 4.6 - Motivation • Sensation-Seeking
• Drive-Reduction Theory
Theory • Eating

Unit 5 - Mental & Physical Health (106)


• 5.1 - Introduction • Temperance • Evolutionary
to Health • Transcendence Perspective
Psychology • Posttraumatic • Sociocultural
• Stress Growth Perspective
• Stressors • 5.3 - Explaining & • Biological
• General Adaptation Classifying Perspective
Syndrome Psychological • Biopsychosocial
• Alarm Reaction Disorders Model
• Resistance Phase • Dysfunction • Diathesis-Stress
• Fight-Flight-Freeze • Distress Model
Response • Deviance • 5.4 - Selection of
• Exhaustion Phase • DSM-V Categories of
• Tend-and-Befriend • International Psychological
Theory Classification of Disorders
• Problem-Focused Mental Disorders • Neurodevelopment
Coping • Eclectic Approach al Disorders
• Emotion-Focused • Behavioral • ADHD
Coping Perspective • Autism Spectrum
• 5.2 - Positive • Psychodynamic Disorders
Psychology Perspective • Schizophrenic
• Positive Psychology • Humanistic SPectrum Disorders
• Wisdom Perspective • Delusions
• Courage • Cognitive • Hallucinations
• Humanity Perspective • Disorganized
• Justice Thinking/Speech
• Disorganized Motor • Cluster A • Maladaptive
Behavior • Paranoid Thinking
• Negative Personality Disorder • Applied Behavior
Symptoms • Schizoid Personality Analysis
• Depressive Disorder • Exposure Therapies
Disorders • Schizotypal • Systematic
• Major Depressive Personality Disorder Desensitization
Disorder • Cluster B • Aversion Therapy
• Persistent • Antisocial • Token Economies
Depressive Personality Disorder • Biofeedback
Disorder • Histrionic • Cognitive-
• Bipolar Disorders Personality Disorder Behavioral
• Bipolar I Disorder • Narcissistic Therapies
• Bipolar II Disorder Personality Disorder • Dialectical Behavior
• Anxiety Disorders • Borderline Therapy
• Specific Phobia Personality Disorder • Rational-Emotive
• Agoraphobia • Cluster C Behavior Therapy
• Panic Disorder • Avoidant • Humanistic
• Social Anxiety Personality Disorder Perspective
Disorder • Dependent • Active Listening
• Generalized Anxiety Personality Disorder • Unconditional
Disorder • Obsessive- Positive Regard
• Obsessive- Compulsive • Hypnosis
Compulsive Personality Disorder • Antidepressants
Disorder • 5.5 - Treatment of • Antianxiety
• Hoarding Disorder Psychological Medication
• Dissociative Disorders • Lithium
Disorders • Meta-analytic • Antipsychotic
• Dissociative Studies Medication
Amnesia • Deinstitutionalizatio • Tardive Dyskensia
• Dissociative Fugue n • Psychosurgery &
• Dissociative • American Lesioning
Identity Disorder Psychological • Transcranial
• Eating Disorders Association Magnetic
• Anorexia Nervosa • Ethical Principals Stimulation
• Bulimia Nervosa • Psychodynamic • Electroconvulsive
• Personality Therapies Therapy
Disorders • Cognitive Therapies • Lobotomy

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