Test 3 Study Guide

Chapter 13 Personality
Key principles and strength/weakness of:
Psychodynamic theories
Social cognitive/learning
Trait
Humanistic
Biological
Psychodynamic Theory
Psychosexual stages
Ego, id, superego
Levels of consciousness
Defense mechanisms
Reality and pleasure principle
Trait Theory- Big Five
Each trait and its definition along the
continuum
Social Cognitive
Self-efficacy
Reciprocal determinism
Situationism
Self-esteem
Humanistic
Maslow: Self-actualization
Rodgers:
unconditional positive regard
Conditional positive regard
Causes of anxiety/maladaptive
behavior
Biological Theories
Temperament
Genetic vs. environmental determinants
of personality (it is an interaction!)
Personality Assessment
Psychological tests
Self-report measures of personality
o Definition, pros and cons
o MMPI-2
Projective measures of personality
o Definition, pros and cons
Behavioral assessment
o Definition, pros/cons

Chapter 17 Social Psychology

Attitudes and behaviors
Factors impacting changing
attitudes (message source, etc)
Relationship between attitudes and
behaviors
Cognitive dissonance
Social Cognition- def
Attribution theory
Situational/dispositional attributions
Halo effect
Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Person Perception
Factors influencing attractiveness
and likeability
How are attractive people
considered?
Stereotypes
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Conformity
Definition
Aschs research
Groupthink
Social Roles
Zimbardo Prison Study
Obedience
Definition
Milgrams results
Intergroup relations
Prejudice
discrimination
Ways to decrease
prejudice/discrimination
Interpersonal Attraction
Proximity
Exposure effect
Similarity
Physical attractiveness
Types of love
Helping others
Prosocial behavior

Diffusion of responsibility
Bystander effect