Exam 3 Study Guide
Psychodynamic Theories
Freud: Id, Ego, Superego, Libido, fixation, stages of psychosexual development, Oedipus Complex, Defense mechanisms
Students/Students/Critics of Freud: Alder, Horney, and Jung
Humanistic Theories
Rogers: Self-actualization, unconditional positive regard
Maslow: hierarchy of needs, self-actualization
Big five traits
Attribution Theory
v Understand the difference between Internal & External attributions,
v Be able to identify in an example or give your own original example of the following:
o fundamental attribution error
o actor-observer effect
o self-serving bias.
Know the Tactics for gaining compliance (see notes)
v Be able to identify them in various examples.
Deindividuation
Bystander Effect
Groupthink
Social loafing
Be familiar with Asch’s research on conformity
v What were his finding?
v What things did he find affect conformity?
Be familiar with Milgram’s research on obedience and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prision Study
Understand the ethical issues related to these studies.
Disorders
DSM,
comorbidity (talked about this in class)
Bio-Psycho-Social perspective
Mood Disorders: Depression, Mania, Bi-polar
Anxiety Disorders: Specific Phobia, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, PTSD
Schizophrenia: positive, negative, and disorganized symptoms; hallucinations & delusions
Dissociative Disorders: Amnesia, Fugue, DID
Psychoanalysis: free association, resistance, transference, insight
Behavior Therapy: systematic desensitization, flooding, behavior contracts, token economy
Cognitive Therapy: Albert Ellis-Rational Emotive Therapy, Beck – therapy for depression
Humanistic Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy: Rogers, unconditional positive regard
Biological Therapy: Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Antipsychotic drugs, ECT, Psychosurgery
In addition:
Know these people and their major accomplishment: Freud, Adler, Jung, Rogers, Maslow, Ellis, Beck, Adler, Jung, Asch, Milgram, Zimbardo