Intro. Psychology

[Criticalthinker]

These are very helpful links. Thank you so much.

Lots of us testing tomorrow including yourself, I see, as I read various posts.

You provide so much help and encouragement, all the while working on your own preparation.

You truly are a dazzling Snazzlefrag!

Thank you again. Hope you feel much better.

[Librevore]

Hi All,

I will be taking Intro to Psychology and Business Law II tomorrow morning...
Snazzlefrag

Knock 'em dead, Snazz!

Librevore

[snazzlefrag]

Hi All,

Just got back from taking Intro to Psych (and Business Law II). I am a bit exhausted right now (still getting over a bad case of the flu), so I will write a report after I have rested.

I scored a 77. Three more credits in the pot.

Thanks to everyone for your encouragement and support.

I appreciate it greatly,
Snazzlefrag

[ShotoJuku]

Hi All,


I scored a 77. Three more credits in the pot.

Snazzlefrag

[SIZE="5"]As if there was any doubt - Congrats!![/SIZE]

[Criticalthinker]

Hi All,

Just got back from taking Intro to Psych (and Business Law II). I am a bit exhausted right now (still getting over a bad case of the flu), so I will write a report after I have rested.

I scored a 77. Three more credits in the pot.

Thanks to everyone for your encouragement and support.

I appreciate it greatly,
Snazzlefrag

[SIZE="6"]Way to go!!! [/SIZE]

Take care and rest up. You deserve it!!!

Hooray!!!

[snazzlefrag]

Here's the scoop....

This exam consists almost entirely of questions regarding names, theories, facts, and concepts.

Instantcert has all you need to know. The REA book was great for this subject too.

Here are the specific items that I was tested on today. The questions didn't go very deep. In most cases, you just need to know the basics.

If you know most of the following, you will likely do very well on the exam.

If it's not in this list, it wasn't on my exam. But your version might include additional items. Be warned!


Names and Theories:

Erikson (Pyschoanalytical)
Freud (Psychoanalytical)
Kohlberg (Morality)
Piaget (Cognitive Development)
Rogers (Humanistic, client-centered)
Skinner (Behaviorism, Classical & Operant Conditioning)
Watson (The Father of Behaviorism)
Wundt (Structuralism, first experimental psychology lab)


Concepts and Facts:

Id, ego, superego.
Defense mechanisms.
Free association.
Parts of a Neuron and their functions.
Parts of the brain and their functions.
Visual Cliff experiment.
Parts of the eye and their functions.
Kinesthesis.
Cognition.
Three stages of infant language development (babbling, one-word, two-word).
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development.
Erikson's Stages of Psycho-social Development.
Kohlberg's Stages of Morality.
Kubler-Ross' Stages of Grief.
Types of Disorders (Very basic....dissociative, mood, personality,schizophrenia, somatoform, behavioral).
Types of Therapy (know the basics about what each therapy focuses on).
Group Behavior (conformity, are we more or less likely to help someone if others are close by? Etc.).
Factors in Obesity (easy question..but it surprised me that it was on the exam).
General Adaptation Syndrome.
Schacter's Two-factor Theory (arousal + label = emotion).
Stages of sexual response (excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution).
Test reliability.
Test validity.
Correlation (know that the range is -1 to +1, and that -0.85 and +0.85 reveal a stronger correlation than -0.5 or +0.5. Also, it would be good if you could remember that positive correlation skews to the right, and negative correlation skews to the left. As a result, the mean in positively skewed results will be higher than the median...I'm just saying!).
Mean, median, mode (know what they are).
Statistical Significance (ie, likelihood that results of an experiment would occur by chance).
Different types of research: longitudinal, case study, naturalistic observation etc.....just know the difference).
Independent Variable v. Dependent Variable (IV = The Cause, DV = The Effect being measured...several questions on this).

Hope this helps,
Snazzlefrag

[X #911]

Hi All,

Just got back from taking Intro to Psych (and Business Law II). I am a bit exhausted right now (still getting over a bad case of the flu), so I will write a report after I have rested.

I scored a 77. Three more credits in the pot.

Thanks to everyone for your encouragement and support.

I appreciate it greatly,
Snazzlefrag

Hello Snazz and.........

C ON G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !

Now you can do the happy dance...on second thought, please don't. I know that you can't dance. (Just kidding) :o

[snazzlefrag]

Hello Snazz and.........

C ON G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !

Now you can do the happy dance...on second thought, please don't. I know that you can't dance. (Just kidding) :o

Ha ha!

I am actually doing that dance that Kiwi Lover posted in the Off Topic section. I've got the purple hippo LOOK down, just need to work on the purple hippo MOVES now!
hilarious

[X #911]

Ha ha!

I am actually doing that dance that Kiwi Lover posted in the Off Topic section. I've got the purple hippo LOOK down, just need to work on the purple hippo MOVES now!
hilarious

Hopefully you clothing consist of more than a...... (you know)
LOL hilarious hilarious hilarious

Thank you the great info. I need to get prepared for that exam.

[Librevore]

Hi All,

Just got back from taking Intro to Psych (and Business Law II). I am a bit exhausted right now (still getting over a bad case of the flu), so I will write a report after I have rested.

I scored a 77. Three more credits in the pot.

Thanks to everyone for your encouragement and support.

I appreciate it greatly,
Snazzlefrag

Yeah!!!!! Congratulations Snazz! A score of 77 is amzing! What a great start on the classes for your major.

Librevore