Contemporary Biology BIO 111

Exam 1 Study Guide

Exam Study Guide

Study Guide

This chapter differentiates between social psychology, personality psychology, and sociology. The topics of situationism vs. constructivism are included. The ABC's of social psychology are explained, as well as the two fundamental motives of social psychology. Properties and history of social psychology are also introduced.

Components of descriptive research are explained, as well as how to conduct experiments and factorial design. Different types of experiments are described. Ethics, deception in research, and the institutional review board are also included.

The social self and it's components are explained in this chapter. Topics include: self concept, self esteem, self presentation, self enhancement, and theories.

This chapter defines social perceptions and how we construct them.

This chapter explains how to get information into long term memory through the levels of processing theory. Other topics include: comprehension, organization, improving learning, consolidation, fragility of memories, and amnesia types.

Everyday memory is defined, while also exploring autobiographical memory, the reminesnce bump, flashbulb memories, and source monitoring. The constructive nature of memory is also introduced. Memory errors; such as, power of suggestion, errors in eyewitness testimony and false memory, are explained.

Topics within knowledge are introduced; such as, the prototype approach, exemplar approach, definitional approach, etc. Semantic networks and hierarchy are explained.