MOTIVATION

What is Maslow's motivational hierarchy? How has it been criticized? What modifications have been proposed to the hierarchy?

What is the best way to set goals? How important are deadlines?

How do psychologists study the ability to resist temptation and what have these studies shown?

What is the Self-Determination Theory?
What is the main difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?

Why do some psychologists believe that there are basic universal emotions? What classic research has been done to support this
notion?

What are the "self-conscious" emotions?

What is PTSD? How common is it in people who have experienced trauma?

What are the cultural differences in the frequency and effect of emotion suppression as a mechanism of dealing with stress? of
providing and seeking social support?

What are other techniques that a person can employ to reduce anxiety and stress?


SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

What was Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development? What procedures did he use to study moral development?

What research shows that moral judgments are sometimes made on an emotional rather than a rational basis?

What is altruistic behavior?

What is the frustration-aggression hypothesis?
What hypotheses about the causes of aggression remain controversial?

What psychological mechanisms have been used by perpetrators to justify their violence?

What is a stereotype?

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

What is an attribution? What is consensus information? What is distinctiveness information? What is consistency information?

What is an internal attribution? What is an external attribution?

What is the fundamental attribution error? Who is most likely to make this error and why?

What is an attitude?

How are attitudes typically measured?

What is cognitive dissonance? Describe the classic study on attitudes and behavior performed by Leon Festinger and its results.

What is the central route of persuasion? What is the peripheral route?

What is the effect of your liking of and similarity to a speaker on the probability that you will be persuade by that speaker's
message?

How is reciprocation used to influence the behavior of others?

How can a minority influence the opinions of the majority?

What is the mere exposure effect?

When people have only a limited time to interact with each other when first meeting, what determines whether or not they
would be romantically interested in each other?

What happened in Solomon Asch's conformity studies?

What was the purpose and design of Stanley Milgram's famous obedience to authority study? What were the results? How well
were people able to predict the results if they didn't know in advance what would happen?


PERSONALITY

How did Sigmund Freud develop his theory of personality?

What is the Oedipus complex?

What are the stages of psychosexual development in Freud's personality theory?

In Freud's theory, what are the three parts of the mind? What is the nature of each of these parts, and how does each part
function?

What is a defense mechanism? What are the major defense mechanisms identified in this course and how does each of them
work?

What was Karen Horney's contribution to the development of psychodynamic personality theory?

What was Carl Jung's contribution to the development of psychodynamic personality theory?

In what ways did Alfred Adler's views of early childhood psychological development differ from Freud's?

What did Adler mean by "individual psychology?"

What are the main principles of the humanistic approach to personality?

Why did humanistic psychologists reject psychodynamic and behaviorist psychology?

What is self-actualization?


ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

What is the DSM-5?

What are the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?

What are the symptoms of panic disorder?

What does the research suggest are the causes of panic disorder?

How can panic disorder be treated?

What is a phobia?

What might explain why certain things (e.g., snakes, strangers, etc.) are much more likely to be the focus of phobias rather than
other things (e.g., cars, power tools, etc.) even though the items in the latter group tend to cause more injuries and death in our
society?

How common are phobias in the population and at what age are they most prevalent?

How can phobias be treated?

What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? What is the difference between an obsession and a compulsion?

How can OCD be treated?

What is the definition of an addiction?

What are the symptoms of major depression?

What does the research suggest are the causes of major depression?

How can major depression be treated?

What are the major symptoms of bipolar disorder?

What does the research suggest are the causes of bipolar disorder?

How can bipolar disorder be treated?

What are the major symptoms of schizophrenia? What are positive symptoms and negative symptoms?

How common is schizophrenia in the population and at what age do the symptoms usually appear?

What does the research suggest are the causes of schizophrenia?

The major schools of psychotherapy are psychodynamic, behavior, cognitive, and humanistic. What are the assumptions and
techniques of each of these approaches?