Definition of psychology Difference between nature and nurture

• Definition of psychology • Difference between nature and nurture • Genetics and passing from generation to generation • Steps of critical thinking • A theory claiming to be scientific, but isn’t. (astronomy , phrenology, ect. ) • Types of samples (random v/s stratified) • Freud’s parts of personality (id, ego, superego) • Erikson’s stages of development • Pavlov’s Dog experiment (conditioned and unconditioned stimulus and responses) • Maslow’s Hiearchy

• Hassles, life changes, uplifts • Richter Rat Study • The process of being torn between two or more directions at the same time by opposing motives • In the “rat city” study, what was the downfall of the society • What is health psychology • Hans Selye’s theory • Immune system • Types of headaches and characteristics of each • Essential nutrients • Most widely recognized character among children, after Santa Claus • Eating disorders • Aerobic v/s anaerobic exercises

• Facts about sleep • Stimulants v/s depressants • An organized collection of beliefs and feelings about a thing (stereotype, preconception, generalization, ect. ) • Parts of the self. • Ideal v/s actual self • Types of identity status • Research indicates that familiarity breeds what? • Helping communicator persuasiveness • Type of person who is most likely to resist social pressure (w/ regards to self-esteem and social anxiety)

• • • Persuasion Techniques Milgram shock study Explicit & implicit rules for social expectations A state of reduced self-awareness and lowered concern for social evaluation Statistics for psychological disorders Hallucinations v/s delusions General v/s specific phobias Freud’s explanation of obsessive-compulsive disorder Depression Suicide facts

• Force that draws people together • Tallness in our society – College student preferences • Obesity • Matching Hypothesis • Sexual preferences (bisexual, homosexual, heterosexual) • Friendships across lifespan • Types of love specific to males and females • ABCDE model • Early self-disclosure • Concept of like marrying like • What pattern predicts marital satisfaction more than five years after wedding vows • Types of cohabitation • Major reason for working

• Extrinsic motives for working • Intrinsic motives for working and discussion of intrinsic v/s extrinsic • Super’s stages of vocational development • What is job satisfaction connected with?