PSYCH 101 | PSYCH 101

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University of Waterloo

Content Page List

Content Page List

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Module 1

1a: How has the understanding of memory evolved? 1b: How reliable is memory? 1c: What is the first process of memory? 1d: What is the second process of memory? 1e: What is the third process of memory?

Module 2

2a: What is a sample and why do we use them? 2b: Why is the mean the most common measure of central tendency? 2c: Why is the standard deviation the most common measure of variability? 2d: What does the correlation coefficient tell us? 2e: How are descriptive and inferential statistics used in social science?

Module 3

3a: How does evolution work? 3b: Why should we care about evolution in psychology? 3c: How is evolution applied in psychology?

Module 4

4a: How do properties of waves contribute to our perception? 4b: How do we perceive colour? 4c: How do we identify objects in the world? 4d: How do we know how close or far away an object is?

Module 5

5a: What is Consciousness? 5b: What are Dreams? 5c: What is hypnosis and meditation? 5d: What are psychoactive substances?

Module 6

6a: What is risk avoidance? 6b: What is thought? 6c: What is problem solving? 6d: What is decision making?

Module 7

7a: What is emotion? 7b: Are emotions universal? 7c: What are the theories of emotion?

Module 8

8a: What is prenatal development? 8b: What is attachment? 8c: How does attachment develop?

Module 9

9a: What is personality? 9b: What is Freud's theory of personality? 9c: What are Carl Jung and Alfred Adler theories of personality? 9d: What is the Humanist theory of personality?

Module 10

10a: What is the Bystander Effect? 10b: What is social loafing and social facilitation? 10c: What is ingroup favoritism and intergroup conflict? 10d: What is conformity and obedience?

Module 11

11a: What is the medical model? 11b: What is anxiety? 11c: What are obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder? 11d: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia

Module 12

12a: What is psychoanalysis? 12b: What is client-centred therapy? 12c: What is cognitive therapy? 12d: What are behavioural therapies?

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