Study Guide
PSY107 Midterm Exam, 2007
Topics to Know & Understand
Dear Students:
The following topics and questions are designed to help you organize your studying for
the midterm exam which covers Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 5. However, these topics do not
preclude reading all the chapters, reviewing your notes, and asking questions of yourself
as you read. The study guide is merely my attempt to help you focus on important
aspects of the course thus far. Please feel free to contact me by email if you have any
specific questions about what you are studying. The exam will be multiple-choice with
some essay questions at the end. Good luck, or better yet, study, and you won’t need any
luck!
LZ
What are some of the differences between Eastern and Western beliefs?
What is the Self-In-Context view?
What is the goal of Carl Jung’s theory?
Sigmund Freud
Ego defense mechanisms: Repression, Denial, Displacement, Projection,
Reaction-Formation, Rationalization, Compensation, Fantasy
Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
What are some factors that shaped Freud’s thinking?
Erik Erikson
The eight Psychosocial stages
Crises, Turning points
Psychological moratorium
Stereotypes of Late Adulthood
How was Erikson shaped?
What did he learn from Freud, and what did he develop on his own?
Why are his stages psychosocial?
Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of Needs, understand the different aspects of it
What does it mean to be self-actualizing? Is there a benefit to this?
Carl Rogers – Who was he? What was his contribution to psychology?
Humanism – Seven Key Propositions
Phenomenology – What is it?
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Albert Ellis
What is REBT?
What are the A,B,C,D,E steps of rational thinking?
Irrational Beliefs
Musterbation
Transactional Analysis
Lifescript
