Child Psych-

We will be meeting in the Howard Building again until they figure out what to do with us.

Child Psych announcement

JUST A REMINDER-

Our room has moved starting today to Nam Building 505-A
so don't go all the way to the Howard Building.  We spoke about it in class on thursday and there's a sign up on the door BUT I wanted to remind everyone.

Child psych exam 1 review

All of this is either in the notes or slides for each chapter. Study all of the following as concepts like we went over in class and not bullet points so that you understand the material and are not just memorizing. If you just memorize it instead of learning it, the test will be harder for you than it should be.

Chapter 1
Freud
Erikson
watson/skinner
Bandura
Bronfenbrenner
Nature/nurture

Research:
experimental/correlational designs
Longitudinal cross sectional etc


chapter 4
The function of the neuron
brain parts that we went over
reflexes
plasticity
nutrition/teratogens
Gross and Fine motor skills



Chapter 5
Piaget- stages, schemas, assimilation/accommodation etc
representational thought
symbolism
Vygotsky- ZPD, Scaffolding, etc

Intro Review Exam 1

intro psych All of this is either in the notes or slides for each chapter. Study all of the following as concepts like we went over in class and not bullet points so that you understand the material and are not just memorizing. If you just memorize it instead of learning it, the test will be harder for you than it should be.

 Chapter 1
 difference between psychology/psychiatry
what is psychology where does it come from
Theories you need to study
 Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, cognitive psychology, Humanism, sociocultural theory, Biological theory, Evolutionary psych, Nature- nurture debate.  Study all of them. 

Chapter 2
Know definitions for example: theory, hypothesis, population, sample independent/dependent variable, confound/extraneous variable, placebo.
types of research- e.g.: observational, correlational and experimental. study them in as much depth as we went into for lecture.
IRB

 Chapter 3
 know all the parts and function of the neuron.
 Also know the types of neuron.
 Know the different systems- CNS/PNS, Autonomic, somatic, parasympathetic, sympathetic
know all the brain parts and what they do. if we went over it- its probably important.
understand plasticity
Blood brain barrier
Sex and gender.