Some key concepts in Psychology 471, after the midterm:

 

Culture (how is it defined...)

Private self and collective self (Triandis)

Individualism and collectivism

Tight culture and loose culture

Deconstructionism (see text)

Classical (respondent) conditioning

Operant conditioning

Reinforcement

Expectancy and (reinforcement) value

Approach-avoidance conflict (Dollard & Miller)

Subliminal psychodynamic activation (Silverman et al.)

Id, ego, and superego

Defense (i.e., defense mechanism)

Primary and secondary process (Freud)

Experiential and rational systems (Epstein, ch. 17)

TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)

Intimacy motivation

Affiliation motivation

Power motivation

Achievement motivation

Schema

Possible selves

Self-regulation

Flow (Csikszentmihalyi)

Type A personality