Mind

Chapter 11: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment Defining Personality: Consistency and Distinctiveness Personality Traits Dispositions and dimensions The Five-Factor Model Extraversion Neuroticism Openness to experience Agreeableness Conscientiousness Psychodynamic Perspectives Freud?s psychoanalytic theory Structure of personality Id - Pleasure principle Ego - Reality principle Superego - Morality Levels of awareness Conscious Unconscious Preconscious Psychodynamic Perspectives Freud?s psychoanalytic theory Conflict Sex and Aggression Anxiety Defense Mechanisms Figure 11.2 Freud?s model of personality structure Figure 11.3 Freud?s model of personality dynamics Table 11.1 Defense Mechanisms, with Examples Freud on Development: Psychosexual Stages

Chapter 5: Variations in Consciousness On the Nature of Consciousness Awareness of Internal and External Stimuli Variations on levels of awareness James ? stream of consciousness Freud ? unconscious Sleep/dreaming research The Electroencephalograph: A Physiological Index of Consciousness EEG ? monitoring of brain electrical activity Brain-waves Amplitude (height) Frequency (cycles per second) Beta (13-24 cps) Alpha (8-12 cps) Theta (4-7 cps) Delta (<4 cps) Table 5.1 EEG Patterns Associated with States of Consciousness Biological Rhythms and Sleep Circadian Rhythms ? 24 hr biological cycles Regulation of sleep/other body functions Physiological pathway of the biological clock:

Chapter 7: Human Memory Human Memory: Basic Questions How does information get into memory? How is information maintained in memory? How is information pulled back out of memory? Figure 7.2 Three key processes in memory Encoding: Getting Information Into Memory The role of attention Focusing awareness Divided attention Encoding: Getting Information into Memory The role of attention Levels of processing Incoming information processed at different levels Deeper processing = longer lasting memory codes Encoding levels: Structural = shallow Phonemic = intermediate Semantic = deep Figure 7.3 Levels-of-processing theory Enriching Encoding Elaboration = linking a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding Thinking of examples

Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception Vision: The Stimulus Light = electromagnetic radiation Amplitude: perception of brightness Wavelength: perception of color Purity: mix of wavelengths perception of saturation, or richness of colors. The Eye: A Living Optical Instrument The eye: housing and channeling Components: Cornea: where light enters the eye Lens: focuses the light rays on the retina Iris: colored ring of muscle, constricts or dilates via amount of light Pupil: regulates amount of light Figure 4.2 The human eye The Retina: The Brain?s Envoy in the Eye Retina: absorbs light, processes images Optic disk: optic nerve connection/blind spot Receptor cells: Rods: black and white/low light vision Cones: color and daylight vision