| Historical Precedents to Psychology |
| Psychology as Scientific Discipline |
| Research Methods in Psychology |
| Single Subject Research Methods |
| Psychology of judgment and Decision making |
| Psychometrics / Personality Psychology |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychology |
| Organization Behavior Management (OBM) |
| Applied Behavior Analysis |
| Current directions in clinical psychology / conclusion |
| Psychoanalysis / psychodynamic therapies |
| Behavioral / cognitive therapies |
| Systematic desensitization |
| Dialectical behavior therapy |
| What is diagnosis? When are there problems in it? |
| Why are they important, how can they be resolved? |
| Type I and Type II errors (Rosenhan) |
| Overview of the DSM-IV-TR multiaxial system. |
| Is all abnormal behavior disordered? How do we define mental disorder? |
| Departure from social norms? |
| Personal distress / disturbance in functioning? |
| Maladaptive / troublesome behavior? |
| Computational Neurobiology |
| Cortical Networks Underlying Memory |
| Neuroscience of Motivation |
| Cortical Networks Underlying Emotion |
| Neurophysiology (Electrophysiology) |
| Developmental Neurobiology |
| Activity Dependent shaping of neuronal circuitry during development |
| Compartments and Segments |
| Oligodendrocyte Development |
| Adult Neural Stem Cell Biology |
| Types of Nerve Projections |
| Somatic Sensory System Paradigm |
| Dorsal Column-Medial Lemniscal Pathway |
| Neural Development & Structures |
| Four Regions of Dermatomes |
| Composition of the Resting Potential |
| Longest period without sleep |
| Causes of difficulty sleeping |
| Overview of the DSM-IV-TR multiaxial system |
| Survery of some Axis I and II disorders. |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder |
| Obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| Dissociative identity disorder |
| Sexual / gender identity disorders. |
| Autistic disorder / Asperger's disorder |
| Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |
| Three clusters (odd/eccentric, dramatic/erratic, anxious/fearful) |
| Schizotypal PD (cluster A) |
| Borderline PD (cluster B) |
| Antisocial PD (cluster B) |
| Major depressive disorder |
| What is it? Why is it helpful? What are its limitations? |
| Axes III, IV, and V (GAF) |
| Current and historical issues with validity |
| Dissociative identity disorder |
| Role of therapist/therapist bias (Loftus) |
| Defunct PDs (eg passive-aggressive PD) |
| Five factor (continuum) model |
| Homosexuality in DSM-I through III |
| What is construct validity? What is reliability? Why are they important? |
| Psychoanalytic / psychodynamic etiological theories. |
| Other theories (eg humanist). |
| Integrative approach, diathesis-stress model. |
| What is it? Why is it important? |
| Neurotransmitter Criteria |
| Discovery of first neurotransmitter |
| Types of neurotransmitters |
| Synthesis, transportation and packaging |
| Specific Neurotransmitters and Systems |
| Hypothalamic Neuropeptides |
| Mechanisms of Action Potentials |
| K and Na Channel Differences |
| Other types of Voltage-Gated Channels |
| Characteristics of Action Potentials |
| Positive Na+/Negative K+ Feedback |
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