These are the 1st Quarter Terms that should know and be familiar with in order to succeed on quizzes, tests and essays.
Terms: (Module 1)
Applied research
Basic research
Behaviorism
Biopsychosocial approach
Clinical psychology
Cognitive psychology
Empiricism
Evolutionary psychology
Functionalism
Humanistic Psychology
Introspection
Natural Selection
Psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic approach
Psychology
Psychiatry
Social Cultural psychology
Structuralism
Terms: (Module 2)
Critical Thinking
Culture
Ethics
Hindsight Bias
Hypothesis
Informed Consent
Operational Definition
Replication
Scientific Method
Theory
Terms: (Module 3)
Control Condition
Dependent Variable
Double Blind
Experimental Condition
False Consensus Effect
Illusory Correlation
Independent Variable
Mean
Measures of central tendency
Measures of variation
Median
Mode
Placebo Effect
Range
Scatterplot
Standard Deviation
Terms: (Module 4 & 5)
Acetylcholine
Adrenal glands
Amygdale
Angular gyrus
Aphasia
Autonomic nervous system
Axon
Brainstem
Broca’s area
Cerebellum
Corpus callosum
Dendrites
EEG
Endocrine system
Endorphins
fMRI
Glial cells
Hormones
Hypothalamus
Left hemisphere
Lesion
Limbic system
Medulla
MRI
Myelin sheath
Neurons
Parasympathetic nervous system
PET
Pituitary glands
Plasticity
reticular formation
Right hemisphere
Somatic nervous system
Splitbrain
Sympathetic nervous system
Synapse
Thalamus
Threshold
Wernicke’s area
Terms: (Module 6 & 7)
Behavior genetics
Chromosomes
Collectivism
Culture
DNA
Environment (nurture)
Evolutionary psychology
Gender identity
Gender role
Gender Schema Theory
Gender-typing
Genes (nature)
Heritability
Individualism
Interaction
Molecular genetics
Mutation
Norm
Social Learning Theory
Temperament
Terms: (Module 8-11)
Developmental psychology
Zygote
Embryo
Fetus
Teratogens
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Rooting reflex
Habituation
Maturation
Schema
Assimilation
Accommodation
Cognition
Sensorimotor stage
Object permanence
Preoperational stage
Conservation
Egocentrism
Theory of mind
Autism
Concrete operational stage
Formal operational stage
Stranger anxiety
Attachment
Critical period
Imprinting
Basic trust
Self-concept
Adolescence
Puberty
Primary sex characteristics
Secondary
sex characteristics
Menarche
Intimacy
Menopause
Alzheimer’s disease
Cross-sectional study
Longitudinal study
Crystallized intelligence
Fluid intelligence
Social clock
Applied research
Basic research
Behaviorism
Biopsychosocial approach
Clinical psychology
Cognitive psychology
Empiricism
Evolutionary psychology
Functionalism
Humanistic Psychology
Introspection
Natural Selection
Psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic approach
Psychology
Psychiatry
Social Cultural psychology
Structuralism
Terms: (Module 2)
Critical Thinking
Culture
Ethics
Hindsight Bias
Hypothesis
Informed Consent
Operational Definition
Replication
Scientific Method
Theory
Terms: (Module 3)
Control Condition
Dependent Variable
Double Blind
Experimental Condition
False Consensus Effect
Illusory Correlation
Independent Variable
Mean
Measures of central tendency
Measures of variation
Median
Mode
Placebo Effect
Range
Scatterplot
Standard Deviation
Terms: (Module 4 & 5)
Acetylcholine
Adrenal glands
Amygdale
Angular gyrus
Aphasia
Autonomic nervous system
Axon
Brainstem
Broca’s area
Cerebellum
Corpus callosum
Dendrites
EEG
Endocrine system
Endorphins
fMRI
Glial cells
Hormones
Hypothalamus
Left hemisphere
Lesion
Limbic system
Medulla
MRI
Myelin sheath
Neurons
Parasympathetic nervous system
PET
Pituitary glands
Plasticity
reticular formation
Right hemisphere
Somatic nervous system
Splitbrain
Sympathetic nervous system
Synapse
Thalamus
Threshold
Wernicke’s area
Terms: (Module 6 & 7)
Behavior genetics
Chromosomes
Collectivism
Culture
DNA
Environment (nurture)
Evolutionary psychology
Gender identity
Gender role
Gender Schema Theory
Gender-typing
Genes (nature)
Heritability
Individualism
Interaction
Molecular genetics
Mutation
Norm
Social Learning Theory
Temperament
Terms: (Module 8-11)
Developmental psychology
Zygote
Embryo
Fetus
Teratogens
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Rooting reflex
Habituation
Maturation
Schema
Assimilation
Accommodation
Cognition
Sensorimotor stage
Object permanence
Preoperational stage
Conservation
Egocentrism
Theory of mind
Autism
Concrete operational stage
Formal operational stage
Stranger anxiety
Attachment
Critical period
Imprinting
Basic trust
Self-concept
Adolescence
Puberty
Primary sex characteristics
Secondary
sex characteristics
Menarche
Intimacy
Menopause
Alzheimer’s disease
Cross-sectional study
Longitudinal study
Crystallized intelligence
Fluid intelligence
Social clock