PSYC 2000 (PSYC101)
Louisiana State University
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chpt. 1 -- intro. to psychology
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on intro. to psychology. This document goes into detail about historical founders & figures, structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt psychology, behaviorism, shifting focus from internal to external, humanism, cognitivism, increasing modernization, feminist psychology, multicultural psychology, biopsychology, evolutionary psychology, sensation & perception, cognitive psychology, personality psychology, sociocultural psychology, industrial-organizational psy...
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chpt. 2 -- psychological research
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on psychological research. This document goes into detail about the importance of research, the use of research, conducting research, the scientific method, hypothesis, approaches to research, correlational research, correlations, correlation direction, size, correlation and causation, confounding variables, illusory correlation, confirmation bias, experimental research, experimental design, biases, the placebo effect, potential solutions, reliability & v...
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chpt. 3 -- biopsychology
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on biopsychology. This document goes into detail about the study of genetics, a genetics overview, gene-environment interactions, twin studies, cells of the nervous system, parts of a neuron, neuronal communication, neurotransmitters and medications, the parts of the nervous system, the somatic nervous system, the autonomic nervous system, the spinal cord, the brain, brain "wrinkles", the lateralization of the brain, the utility of case studies, the fo...
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chpt. 4 -- states of consciousness
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on states of consciousness. This document goes into detail about states of consciousness, biological rhythms, circadian rhythms, sleep regulation, what sleep is, the stages of sleep, brain waves during sleep, NREM sleep, REM sleep, theories of dreaming, altered states, substance use, depressants, stimulants, opioids, hallucinogen, other altered states, hypnotism, and meditation.
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chpt. 5 -- sensation & perception
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on sensation & perception. This document goes into detail about sensation & perception, absolute threshold, sensation (just noticeable difference), perception (sensory adaptation), perception (attention and motivation), perception (other factors), Gestalt principles, figure-ground relationships, proximity, similarity, continuity, waves & wavelengths, frequency, light waves, color perception, sound waves, vision (anatomy), photoreceptors, visual pathways, ...
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chpt. 6 -- learning
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on learning. This document goes into detail about learning, unlearned behaviors, classical conditioning, the processes of classical conditioning, behaviorism, Watson's Little Albert study, operant conditioning, the Skinner Box, reinforcement, providing reinforcement, partial reinforcement examples, partial reinforcement schedules, the variable ratio schedule, punishment, problems with punishment, effective punishment, shaping, primary and secondary reinf...
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chpt. 7 -- thinking & intelligence
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on thinking & intelligence. This document goes into detail about thinking & intelligence, cognitive psychology, concepts, types of concepts, prototypes, schemata, language & cognition, phonemes, morphemes, semantics and syntax, language developments, the stages of language and communication development, overgeneralization, problem solving, barriers to problem solving, common thinking errors, intelligence & creativity, other kinds of intelligence, measures...
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chpt. 8 -- memory
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on memory. This document goes into detail about memory defined, the basic elements of memory, encoding, visual encoding, acoustic encoding, encoding specificity, storage, the Atkinson-Shiffrin model, sensory memory, working memory, long term memory, explicit/declarative memory, implicit/non-declarative memory, retrieval, the brain and memory, memory problems, and enhancing memory & study skills.
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chpt. 9 -- lifespan development
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on lifespan development. This document goes into detail about what lifespan development is, why development psychology is so important, the major issues in developmental psychology, nature/nurture, continuity/stages, one course, many courses, how we measure development, measure development, psychosexual theory (Sigmund Freud), psychosocial theory (Erik Erikson), cognitive theory (Jean Piaget), Piaget's cognitive theory (discontinuous), preoperational st...
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chpt. 10 -- emotion & motivation
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on emotion & motivation. This document goes into detail about motivation, emotion, research on motivation, theories on motivation, drive theory, arousal theory (arousal/stress as motivation), Yerkes-Dodson law, self-efficacy & social motives, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, physiological mechanisms, metabolism & body weight, obesity, eating disorders, physiological mechanisms, Kinsey's Research, Masters and Johnson's research, sexual orientation, gender i...
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chpt. 11 -- personality
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on personality. This document goes into detail about personality, the history behind it, Freud's psychodynamic theory, stages of psychosexual development, Neo-Freudians, Alfred Adler, Erik Erikson, Carl Jung, Karen Horney, Julian Rotter & locus of control, Walter Mischel & self-regulation, humanism, trait theorists, Eysencks' 2-factor personality, five factor model, personality assessments, and projective tests.
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chpt. 12 -- social psychology
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on social psychology. This document goes into detail about social psychology, situational vs. dispositional attributions, the fundamental attribution error, culture, self-attributions, social roles & norms, Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment, attitudes, cognitive dissonance, changing attitudes internally, persuasion, elaboration likelihood model, persuasion tactics, conformity, Asch effect, influences on conformity, obedience, Milgram's obedience stu...
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chpt. 14 -- lifestyle, stress, & health
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on lifestyle, stress, & health . This document goes into detail about stress, eustress & distress, prevalence of stress, health psychology, Selye's general adaptation syndrome, the physiology of stress, stressors, psychophysiological disorders, stress & the immune system, cardiovascular disorders, stress & other illnesses, stress regulation, stress reduction, happiness, factors in happiness, and positive psychology, .
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chpt. 16 -- therapy & treatment
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on therapy & treatment . This document goes into detail about early treatment for mental illness, the aftermath of deinstitutionalization, treatment today, barriers to treatment, the sociocultural model of treatment, decreasing stigma, therapy, psychotherapy, biomedical therapy, psychoanalysis, modern psychoanalysis, free association, dream interpretation, transference, modern psychoanalysis, play therapy, behavior therapy, aversive conditioning, exposure...
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chpt. 13 -- industrial organizational psychology
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on industrial organizational psychology. This document goes into detail about industrial psychology, industrial psychology, areas of I-O psych, the historical roots, selecting & evaluating employees, job analysis, employee selection, training, employee evaluation, discrimination in hiring, the social dimensions of work, management structure, teamwork & organizational culture, negative relationships within the workplace, and human factors psych.
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chpt. 15 -- psychological disorders
This is intro. to Psychology class notes on psychological disorders. This document goes into detail about psychopathology, dysfunction, examples of things that are NOT psychopathology, why we need psychological diagnoses, standardized diagnostic tools, controversies in diagnosis of psychological disorders, origins of psychopathology, anxiety disorders, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorders, etiology...
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Summary Chapter 4 Consciousness
Chapter 4 – Consciousness I. What is Consciousness? A. Define consciousness, waking consciousness. ● consciousness-your awareness of everything that is going on around you and inside your own head at any give moment, which you use to organize your behavior, including your thoughts, sensations, and feelings. ● waking consciousness: much of people’s time is spent here. In which your thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized, and they feel alert. B. Define altered state of ...
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