Study Guide for Semester Two

Brain Areas: what function does each lobe perform? Be able to identify the lobes on a diagram.

Nature vs Nurture – be able to explain this concept. Be able to give at least five examples of subjects that are in this debate. (examples: homosexuality, intelligence, etc…)

Phineas Gage – what are the details of his case study?

Brain lateralization – what does this mean? What is the corpus callosum? What basic functions does each hemisphere perform?

Brain localization – what does this mean? How did the case of Phineas Gage teach us about this?

Operant Conditioning – be able to explain how it works – know examples – who created this theory? know the difference between reinforcement and punishment as well as positive and negative.

Skinner – be able to explain his experiments, results, conclusions

Classical Conditioning – be able to explain how it works. What is conditioning? What is unconditioned? Who created this theory?

Pavlov – be able to explain his experiment. What did he start out studying? What were the results, conclusions?

Behaviorism – he able to define it and know who created this idea.

Watson – be able to explain his study – what were the results, conclusion?

Law of Effect – be able to explain how this works. Who developed this idea?

Thorndike – be able to explain his puzzle box experiment, the results, conclusion.

Social Learning Theory – Be able to explain how this works. Who developed this idea?

Bandura - Be able to explain the Bobo Doll experiment. What were the results and conclusion?

Sleep - be able to explain each stage of sleep in some detail. How does sleep affect the body? Know the differences between stages – know REM very well – when was it discovered and why? Be able to briefly explain the three sleep problems we discussed in class.

Be able to briefly explain the experiments of Harry Harlow, Philip Zimbardo and Stanley Milgram.

What is autism? What is a savant? What is genius? How does each differ from the others?

What is synesthesia? What are the different types?

Ethics in Psychology

These studies have been highly criticized for their violation of various rules of ethics.  You should be able to explain the basics of each experiment : how was the study conducted? what were some of the ethical issues involved?  what was the study trying to determine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrNBEhzjg8I&feature=related - Harry Harlow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TAqBbFJtfE  - Stanley Milgram

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK6nKJ4yhdw - Philip Zimbardo

Sleep Problems

Narcolepsy:

Following our video in class about people who suffer from narcolepsy, write a 200 word entry in your blog describing this sleep disorder, how it affected the ma in the video and your personal thoughts and ideas on this disorder.  Be sure to include one picture relevent to your topic.

How do we learn what we learn?

Theories of Learning:

Notes from Class:  http://www.slideshare.net/ValleyPsych101/learning-theorychapter-5-presentation-610421

Classical Conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpoLxEN54ho&feature=related

Behaviorism: John B. Watson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxKfpKQzow8&feature=related

Law of Effect: Edward Thorndike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDujDOLre-8

Sleep and Dreams

Anyone who has suffered through a night of insomnia knows how important a good night's sleep is.  But what is the purpose of dreaming.  We sleep approximately 1/3 of our lives and much of that time is spent in a state of dreaming - so it must be important.  After discussing the current and past theories of why we dream you watched a documentary which detailed many aspects of dreaming.  Your assignment is to write a 200 word video response explaining what you learned and what you think.  Be sure to include at least one relevant picture and site all sources used.  This assignment is due Sunday, March 20th.

http://documentaryheaven.com/why-do-we-dream/

Sensory Deprivation and It's Affect on the Brain

A study was recently conducted to examine the affects of sensory deprivation on the human brain.  Six participants wer subject to various types of isolation - all were given a series of mental tests prior to and after a 48-hour period.  After watching this program, you should be able to formulate ideas about this topic.  On your blog, please write a 200 word (with at least one picture) reflection of what you observed and thought about this subject.  This assignment is due by Sunday, March 6th.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/alone/

Synesthesia

We recently learned about a rare condition called "synesthesia".  Using internet research, explain each of the terms below:

1. Synesthesia

2. grapheme-color synesthesia

3. ordinal-linguistic personification   

4. number-form synesthesia

5. sound-color synesthesia

6. lexical-gustatory synesthesia

Be sure to explain each in as much detail as necessary - site your sources for each answer and post one picture for each term.  This assignment is due by Sunday, March 6th.