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PSY 101 Exam Review: Stress, Abnormal Behavior, Therapies, Social Psychology, Study notes of Psychology

A review for an exam in psy 101, covering chapters on stress and its sources, abnormal behavior and disorders, various therapies, and social psychology concepts such as impression formation, attitudes, and group dynamics. Topics include stress appraisals, coping strategies, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia causes, psychotherapy techniques, group therapy, and social influence theories.

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PSY 101
Exam Review for Unit 4: Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 Page 1 of 2
Chapter 13
Identify and describe different sources of stress.
What is the relationship between stress and immune system functioning?
What is the GAS? What are the stages?
What are the different conflicts in decision-making situations?
What are the three different types of appraisals?
What are some coping strategies to deal with stress?
Chapter 14
Know the definition and criteria for abnormal behavior.
What are the characteristics of the following disorders are:
Anxiety
Factitious
Somatoform
Mood
Personality
What are positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
What are the 4 categories of schizophrenia?
Describe the possible causes of schizophrenia.
Chapter 15
What are the techniques and goals for the following therapies?
- psychodynamic/psychoanalytic
- humanistic
- cognitive
- behavioral
What are criticisms for these therapy types?
What are the kinds of drugs used to treat the major category disorders?
What is the purpose and goal of group therapy?
What are other forms of therapy mentioned in the text and lecture?
Chapter 16
Describe the halo effect and the primacy effect in impression formation.
Give an example of self-fulfilling prophecy.
What functions do attitudes serve?
What is cognitive dissonance?
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PSY 101

Exam Review for Unit 4: Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 Page 1 of 2

Chapter 13 Identify and describe different sources of stress. What is the relationship between stress and immune system functioning? What is the GAS? What are the stages? What are the different conflicts in decision-making situations? What are the three different types of appraisals? What are some coping strategies to deal with stress? Chapter 14 Know the definition and criteria for abnormal behavior. What are the characteristics of the following disorders are: Anxiety Factitious Somatoform Mood Personality What are positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia? What are the 4 categories of schizophrenia? Describe the possible causes of schizophrenia. Chapter 15 What are the techniques and goals for the following therapies?

  • psychodynamic/psychoanalytic
  • humanistic
  • cognitive
  • behavioral What are criticisms for these therapy types? What are the kinds of drugs used to treat the major category disorders? What is the purpose and goal of group therapy? What are other forms of therapy mentioned in the text and lecture? Chapter 16 Describe the halo effect and the primacy effect in impression formation. Give an example of self-fulfilling prophecy. What functions do attitudes serve? What is cognitive dissonance?

PSY 101

Exam Review for Unit 4: Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 Page 2 of 2

What can you do when you have cognitive dissonance? What are some techniques of persuasion? Identify and describe the theories of why we form stereotypes and are prejudice. Describe the components of Kelley’s Attribution Model. What was Milgram’s Shock study about? What did Asch’s Line study show about conformity? What is groupthink? What is group polarization? What models explain why it may help or hurt to be in groups? What is the difference between social facilitation and social loafing? What are the steps you need to take when you help someone?