Psychology and the MCAT: Foundational Concept 7

1. Classical conditioning
2. Operant conditioning
3. The role of cognitive processes in associative learning
4. Biological processes that affect associative learning

1. Modeling
2. Biological processes
3. Applications of observational learning

1. Elaboration likelihood model
2. Social cognitive theory
3. Factors that affect attitude change

1. Nervous system

   Attachments:

   • Nervous System
2. Neuronal communication

   Attachments:

   • Neuron Communication
3. Influence of neurotransmitters
4. The endocrine system

   Attachments:

   • The Endocrine System
5. Behavioral genetics
6. Human physiological development

1. Theories of personality

   Attachments:

   • Personality - Shows how people are different - Different theories = Type. Trait. Factors, Bio.
   1. Psychoanalytic

      Attachments:

      • Personality - Psychodynamic
   2. Humanistic
   3. Trait

      Attachments:

      • Gordon Allport: Trait Theory
   4. Social cognitive

      Attachments:

      • Social-Cognitive Approach - Personality
   5. Biological
   6. Behaviorist
2. Situational approach to explaining behavior

Attachments:

• Abnormal Psychology Chapter 3

1. Understanding psychological disorders
   1. Biomedical vs. biopsychosocial approaches
   2. Classifying psychological disorders
   3. Rates of psychological disorders
2. Types of psychological disorders
   1. Anxiety
   2. Obsessive–compulsive
   3. Trauma- and stressor-related
   4. Somatic symptom
   5. Bipolar
   6. Depressive
   7. Schizophrenia
   8. Dissociative
   9. Personality
3. Biological bases of nervous system disorders
   1. Schizophrenia

      Attachments:

      • Evaluation of Explanations of Schizophrenia
      • Biological explanations for scizophrenia
   2. Depression
   3. Alzheimer’s disease
   4. Parkinson’s disease

      Attachments:

      • Parkinson's Disease

1. Factors that influence motivation
   1. Instinct
   2. Arousal
   3. Drives
   4. Needs
2. Biological and sociocultural motivators that regulate behavior
3. Theories that explain how motivation affects human behavior
   1. Drive reduction theory
   2. Incentive theory
   3. Other theories (e.g., cognitive, need-based)

1. Components of attitudes
2. The link between attitudes and behavior
   1. Cognitive Dissonance

1. Social facilitation
2. Deindividuation
3. Bystander effect
4. Social loafing
5. Peer pressure
6. Conformity
7. Obedience

1. Group polarization
2. Groupthink