Chapter 13: Social Psychology
What is the fundamental attribution error? What is cognitive dissonance?
Be familiar with the studies of Asch, Milgram, and Zimbardo.
Know the bystander effect (when the number of people increases the likelihood of helping decreases) and
the diffusion of responsibility
What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Know the characteristics of altruism.
Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
What is the DSM-5? Be familiar with criteria used to diagnose psychological disorders (abnormal
behaviors, subjective distress, impairment with daily functioning).
Know the main symptoms of anxiety disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, obsessive compulsive
disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and schizophrenia.
Be familiar with major depressive disorder, the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
You will be presented with some psychological disorder symptoms and asked to diagnose the patient.