Describe the three levels of consciousness. 6. Explain the phenomenon of “discovered memory.” Objectives 15 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Define personality. 2. Compare type and traits theories of personality. 3. List and describe “The Big Five” dimensions of personality. 4. Describe Freud’s theory of personality development and the role of the id, ego, and superego in the conscious self. 5. Describe how post-Freudian theories differ from Freudian theories. 6. Describe the major humanistic theories and their contribution. 7. Describe social learning and cognitive theories and their contribution. 8. List the five most important differences in assumptions about personality across theoretical perspectives. 9. Compare the value and accuracy of standardized and projective tests of personality. Objectives 16 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Define assessment. 2. Describe several ways to measure the reliability and validity of a psychological test. 3. Identify the contributions of Galton, Binet, Terman and Weschler to the science of measuring intelligence. 4. Explain how IQ is computed. 5. Summarize Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. 6. Describe the evidence for the genetic and environmental bases of intelligence. 7. List the four methodological techniques used the gather information on a person. 8. Discuss the links among intelligence, creativity, and madness. 9. Explain the function of vocational interest tests. 10. Discuss the controversies surrounding intelligence assessment. Objectives 17 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Define and compare the difference among these terms: sex, gender, gender identity, and gender role. 2. Explain the role of pheromones in sexual arousal. 3. Describe evolutionary theory as it applies to sexual behavior. 4. Describe the similarities in and differences between males and females in the sexual response cycle and mating. 5. Summarize current research on homosexuality. Objectives 18 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Describe Erikson’s eight psychosocial stages. 2. List the physical changes associated with aging. 3. Summarize the tasks of adolescence. 4. Discuss the central concerns of adulthood. 5. List the strengths and weaknesses of Kohlberg’s cognitive approach to moral development, describe the controversies around the issues of gender and cultural differences in moral judgment, and discuss the distinction between moral behavior and moral judgment. 6. Identify cultural factors that place youth at risk for unhealthy development. 7. Discuss the importance of attachment in social development. 8. List the biological and social factors that can affect health and sexuality in later life. 9. Describe the risk factors for an elderly person in a nursing home. Objectives 19 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Describe Philip Zimbardo’s prison experiment and his conclusions about how people’s behavior is constrained by social situations. 2. Describe Solmon Asch’s experiment and his conclusions on the conditions that promote conformity. 3. Compare the major leadership styles in Lewin’s experiment and describe their effects on each group of boys. 4. Describe Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments and his conclusions about conditions that promote blind obedience. 5. Describe the phenomenon of bystander intervention and how it reflects another aspect of situational forces. 6. Describe Serge Moscovici’s work on the influence of the minority on the majority. 7. Discuss various factors that contribute to aggressive behavior. 8. Explain why experimental research is necessary for understanding social influences on behavior. Objectives 20 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Explain the fundamental attribution error. 2. Describe attribution theory. 3. Explain self-perception theory. 4. Summarize Rosenthal’s experiment that demonstrates the Pygmalion effect and explain its relation to self-fulfilling prophecies. 5. Describe the effect of cognitive dissonance on behavior and attitude change. 6. Describe the techniques used by cults to maintain control over their members. Objectives 21 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Identify the seven criteria commonly used to determine abnormal behavior. 2. Describe the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and how it is used. 3. Explain how psychological disorders are classified. 4. List and describe the major types of psychological disorders. 5. List the biological and psychological approaches to studying the etiology of psychopathology. 6. Summarize the genetic and psychosocial research related to the origins of schizophrenia, including subtypes and etiology. 7. Identify sources of error in judgments of mental illness. 8. Discuss stigmas against mental illness and how they can be overcome. Objectives 22 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Describe early approaches to identifying and treating mental illness. 2. Identify the major approaches to psychotherapy. 3. Describe how psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and clinical psychologists differ in their training and therapeutic orientations. 4. Identify the major features of psychoanalysts and explain the purposes of each. 5. Explain the goals of various behavior therapies. 6. Describe how counterconditioning can be used effectively to treat phobias. 7. Summarize the major rationale behind all types of cognitive therapies. 8. Describe the use of psychosurgery and electroconvulsive shock in the treatment of mental illness. 9. Identify the common forms of drug therapy and how they have changed the mental health system. 10. Summarize research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy. 11. Summarize the main features of client-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy and how these reflect the existential-humanistic perspective. Objectives 23 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Define stress and list the major sources of stress. 2. Describe the role of cognitive appraisal in stress. 3. Describe the major physiological stress reactions, including the general adaptation syndrome. 4. Explain the relationship between stress and illness. 5. Describe various kinds of events that can lead to psychological stress. 6. Describe the types of coping strategies in coping with stress. 7. Explain the mind-body relationship in terms of the biopsychosocial model of health and illness. 8. Describe the effects of self-disclosure on health. 9. Describe biofeedback, how it works, and its role in behavioral medicine. 10. Discuss how personality types relate to different health outcomes. 11. List some things you can do to reduce your stress level, promote your health, and protect yourself from job burnout. Objectives 24 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Describe how psychologists try to improve the human condition through the application of social psychological principles to social problems. 2. Identify at least three important stress factors for space travelers, and discuss how studying those problems can help people on Earth. 3. Define peace psychology and conflict negotiation. 4. Describe the problems faces by legal professionals when children serve as eyewitnesses. 5. Identify several signs that people are not getting enough sleep and identify the risks associated with sleep deprivation. Objectives 25 After viewing the program and completing the reading assignment, you should be able to: 1. Describe some of the differences between EEG, ERP, CAT, MRI, PET, and fMRI techniques
