INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

PRELIMS POINTERS FOR REVIEW

MATCHING TYPE (10 PTS)

I. Introduction
a. Definition of Psychology
b. Founding the Science of Psychology (Impt. Persons & their
contributions)
c. Contemporary Perspectives, Specialty Areas and Basic and Applied
Areas of Psychology

MULTIPLE CHOICE (10 PTS)

PROBLEM SOLVING/COMPUTATION (10 PTS)
II. Research Methods in Psychology
a. Research Methods
b. Describing and Interpreting Data (Measures of Central Tendency,
Sampling)
c. Ethical Principles of Research

IDENTIFICATION (10 PTS)

III. Biological Foundations of Behavior
a. Neurons and Neurotransmitters
b. Nervous System
c. The Brain (Hindbrain, Midbrain, Forebrain, Cerebral Cortex)

TRUE OR FALSE (20 PTS)

IV. Interplay of Nature and Nurture
a. Nature: Genetic Influences on Behavior (X and Y Chromosomes,
Sex)
b. Nurture: Environmental Influences (Culture, Ethnicity and
Identity)
c. Interplay of Nature and Nurture (Gene-Environment Correlation,
Gene-Environment Interaction)
d. Sex, Gender and Human Diversity (Gender Identity and Gender
Roles)
V. Sensation and Perception
a. Psychophysics
b. Sensory Adaptation (Dark and Light Adaptation)
c. Body Senses (Orientation and Movement)
VI. States of Consciousness
a. Conscious and Unconscious Mind
b. Sleep and Dreams (States of Sleep, REM Sleep and Dreams,
Circadian Rhythms, Meaning of Dreams, Nightmares and other
Sleep Phenomena)
c. Drugs and Altered Consciousness (Major Categories of
Psychotropic Drugs)