Review for Exam 3
As a general rule, you should know everything that was presented about these topics in the book and in class.
See "How to get Straight A's" for exam studying tips.
Development
teratogens
accommodation and assimilation
Piaget's stages of cognitive development
object permanence
conservation
violation of expectation method
theory of mind
Harlow
Ainsworth strange situation
cognitive deficits in elderly
Alzheimer's disease
social development in adulthood
enrichment of elderly cognition
Emotion
hedonic principle
James-Lange theory
Cannon-Bard theory
Schacter's two-factor theory
evolutionary theory
facial feedback theory
brain and emotion
fast and slow fear circuits
happiness
hedonic adaptation
synthetic happiness (see Gilbert Ted Talk)
Sex
parental investment theory
gender differences in sex
predictors of homosexuality
attractiveness in males/females
Personality
personality defined
cross-situational consistency
"if-then" pattern
Zimbardo's prison experiment
Big 5 traits
Social Influence
Milgram's study
conformity
bystander effect
diffusion of responsibility
social facilitation
social loafing
Questions for Review