Learning Objectives

Elementary Psychology – Summer 2008 – Final Exam

Personality Psychology

1.         The student will be able to describe what personality psychologists study.

2.         The student will be able to provide a definition for the term “personality.”

3.         The student will be able to identify the founder of the psychoanalytic tradition in psychology

4.         The student will be able to define each of the following terms: the id, ego, and superego

5.         The student will be able to define each of the following terms: fixation & identification,

6.         The student will be able to describe (or recognize descriptions of) five (5) defense mechanisms.

7.         The student will be able to either provide or recognize the list, in order, of the five basic needs as outlined by Abraham Maslow.

8.         The student will be able to provide a definition for the term “self-actualization.”

9.         The student will be able to recognize a description of the following term: actualization tendency

10.     The student will be able to define and/or explain the relationships between the following four terms: unconditional positive regard, positive self-regard and conditional positive regard, conditional positive self-regard.

11.     The student will be able to recognize a description of the following terms: conditions of worth & incongruence

12.     The student will be able to recognize or state the  difference  between the “real self” and the “ideal self” as described by Carl Rogers

13.     The student will be able to identify the two people most closely associated with the Big Five factors of personality

14.     The student will be able to list the Big Five factors of personality

15.     The student will be able to provide a definition for each of the Big Five factors of personality

16.     The student will be able to define each of the following terms: the spotlight effect & self-serving bias

Social Psychology

17.     The student will be able to either recognize or provide a definition for the following terms: social psychology, social influence, persuasion, conformity & obedience

18.     The student will be able to describe or recognize the five elements of persuasion used by communicators

19.     The student will be able to recognize or provide a definition for the following terms: the central route to persuasion & the peripheral route to persuasion

20.     The student will be able to list and describe or recognize a description of the four (4) methods through which people can resist persuasion.

21.     The student will be able to either recognize or describe the main difference between the terms prejudice and discrimination (see your textbook)

22.     The student will be able to describe the following studies: Asch’s Conformity Study, Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram’s Obedience Study

23.     The student will be able to describe the difference between the following two terms relating to conformity: Normative Social Influence & Informational Social Influence

24.     The student will be able to describe or recognize the six (6) factors that increase the likelihood of a person being obedient to an authority figure.

Abnormal Psychology

25.     Given a set of alternatives, the student will be able to select those that represent definitions of abnormality  

26.     Given a set of statements, the student will be able to identify whether they represent: anxiety, mood, schizophrenia, or personality disorders

27.     Given a set of statements, the student will be able to identify whether they represent a: generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phonic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder

28.     Given a set of alternatives, the student will be able to select those that represent the two primary emotions associated with mood disorders.

29.     Given a set of statements, the student will be able to identify whether they represent: catatonic, paranoid, or undifferentiated schizophrenia

30.     Given a set of statements, the student will be able to identify those that represent common symptoms of schizophrenia

Therapy and Counseling

31.     Given a set of statements, the student will be able to identify the accurate definition or examples of the following terms: psychoanalysis, client-centered therapy, active listening, behavior therapy, systematic desensitization, aversive conditioning, token economy, cognitive therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy