Psychology Guide

Biology

Sensation

Perception

Learning

• Priming

• Classification of Memories

• Declaratice Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Autobiographical Memory

• Procedural Memory

• Memory Storage

• Atkinson-Shiffrin Model

• Sensory Memory

• Short-Term Memory

• Long-Term Memory

• Retrieval of Memories

• Forgetting

• Retrospective Memory

• Prospective Memory

• Levels of Processing

• Working Memory Model

Memory

• Habituation - The "Get Used to It" Concept

• Sensitization - Learning through Senses

• Classical Conditioning - The Most Basic Type of Associative Learning

• Operant Conditioning - To Reward or To Punish?

• Cognitive Learning Theory - Using Thinking to Learn

• Social Learning Theory - Albert Bandura

• Social Development Theory - Leo Vygotsky

• Socialization - Adapting One`s Culture

• Neuroplasticity - You and Your Adaptive Brain

• Learning Domains - The Three Levels of the Mind

Thinking

Intelligence

Emotions and Motivation

Development

• Bowlby Attachment Theory

• Zone Of Proximal Development

• Cognitive Development

• Moral Development

• Ecological Systems Theory

• Erikson’s Psychosocial Model

• Childhood Temperament

• Nature and Nurture Debate

• Social and Emotional Development in Children

• Self-Concept Theory

Personality

• Biology of Personality

• Personality Type Theory

• Psychodynamic Theory of Personality

• Behaviourism and Personality

• Humanistic Perspective

• Personality Trait Theory

• Social Cognitive Theory

• Culture and Personality

• Personality Assessment Tools

Stress and Coping

Social Pscyhology

• Asch Experiment - Conformity in Groups

• Bobo Doll Experiment - Learning From Role Models

• Good Samaritan Experiment - Would You Help a Stranger? - Explaining Helping Behavior

• Stanford Prison Experiment - Roles Define Your Behavior

• Stanford Prison Video Documentary - Interviews with Zimbardo and Participants

• Stanley Milgram Experiment - Will People Do Anything If Ordered?

• Milgram Experiment Ethics - The Research Ethics about the Milgram Experiment

• Cognitive Dissonance Experiment by Leon Festinger

• Bystander Apathy Experiment - The Case of Kitty Genovese Explained

• Sherif’s Robbers Cave Experiment - Realistic Conflict Theory

• Social Judgment Theory Experiment - Henry Tajfel

• The Halo Effect and Nisbett and Wilson's Experiment

• Thought Rebound and Wegner's Dream Rebound Experiment

• Ross' False Consensus Effect Experiments

• Theory of Cooperation and Competition: Studies on Interpersonal Bargaining

• Understanding and Belief and the Gilbert Experiment

• Self-Deception and Quattrone & Tversky's Experiment

• Overjustification Effect and the Felt Tip Marker Study

• The Chameleon Effect and Chartrand & Bargh Experiments

• Confirmation Bias and the Wason Rule Discovery Test

• Cognitive Dissonance and Festinger & Carlsmith’s Study

• Peter Johansson's Experiment and Choice Blindness

• Stereotypes and the Clark Doll Test

• Social Group Prejudice and Milgram’s Lost Letter Experiment

• Intergroup Discrimination and the Henri Tajfel Experiments

• The Hastorf & Cantril Case Study and Selective Group Perception

• The Hawthorne Effect is the process where human subjects of an experiment change their behavior, simply because they are being studied. This is one of the hardest inbuilt biases to eliminate or factor into the design.