Final Exam

Select 6 of the following 11 questions and write a one to three paragraph response for each question you choose.

You should compose your answers in a document in a text editing program (such as Word or TextEdit) and then upload the file to this assignment.  

When answering each questions copy the question and paste it before your response.  You should include ideas from the course material in your answers.

When you are finished with all six questions upload your answers in a single file to this assignment (see submit assignment button on the right). OR you may copy your answers into the text window and submit.  Either way, you should compose your answers off-line (not in Canvas) and then submit. 

You will have 2 hours to complete the exam.  Best of luck!

1. Compare Behaviorism, Cognitive psychology, and Psychodynamic psychology.  How are they used to understand and predict human behavior?
2. Describe the structure and functions of the neuron.  Weave in a discussion of neuroplasticity.
3. What is the difference between classical and operant conditioning.  Provide some examples.
4. Compare Chomsky’s emphasis of “deep structure” in language to Skinner’s more behavioral emphasis.
5. What are the major components of personality according to Freud? Describe each component.
6. What are the Big Five in Personality Theory and how are they measured?
7. Compare the James-Lange Theory of Emotion with the Two-Factor Theory of Emotion.  Which sees the labeling of arousal as a critical issue?
8. Who was Phineas Gage and how did his fate help to explain emotional response?
9. How did Latane and Darley explain what happened in the Kitty Genovese case?
10. Explain how the studies of Milgram helped to explain conformity.
11. What is Positive Psychology and in what ways does it represent a departure from most of Clinical Psychology