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This is a list of topics identified as core concepts in a broad range of introductory textbooks in psychology examined by Derrick L. Proctor and Alisa M. E. Williams of Andrews University in 2006. They published their findings through the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division)Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP)in a paper entitled "Frequently Cited Concepts in Curent Introductory Psychology Textbooks" Full text
A
- Absolute threshold
- Accommodation (perceptual)
- Accommodation (Piaget)
- Acetylcholine
- Action potential
- Activation synthesis hypothesis
- Adolescence
- Aggression
- Agoraphobia
- Algorithms
- All or none law
- Altruism
- Alzheimer's disease
- Amnesia
- Amygdala
- Anal stage
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anterograde amnesia
- Antidepressant drugs
- Antipsychotic drugs
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Anxiety disorders
- Archetypes
- Assimilation
- Association areas
- Attachment
- Attitude
- Attribution
- Autonomic nervous system
- Availability heuristic
- Aversion therapy
- Axon
B
- Basilar membrane
- Behavior therapy
- Behavioral genetics
- Behaviorism
- Big five
- Binocular cues
- Biofeedback
- Biopsychosocial model
- Bipolar disorder
- Blind spot
- Bottom up processing
- Bulimia nervosa
C
- Cannon Bard theory
- Case study
- Cell body
- Central nervous system
- Cerebellum
- Cerebral cortex
- Chromosomes
- Chunking
- Circadian rhythms
- Classical conditioning
- Client centered therapy
- Cochlea
- Cognition
- Cognitive dissonance
- Cognitive map
- Cognitive psychology
- Cognitive therapy
- Collective unconscious
- Concept
- Concrete operational stage
- Conditioned response
- Conditioned stimulus
- Cones
- Confirmation bias
- Conformity
- Consciousness
- Conservation
- Continuous reinforcement
- Control group
- Convergence
- Conversion disorders
- Cornea
- Corpus callus
- Correlation coefficient
- Correlation research
- Creativity
- Critical period
- Cross sectional study
- Crystallized intelligence
- CT (computed topography) scans
D
- Dark adaptation
- Decay theory
- Declarative memory
- Defense mechanisms
- Deindividuation
- Delusions
- Dendrites
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- Dependent variable
- Depressants
- Descriptive statistics
- Developmental psychology
- Difference threshold
- Diffusion of responsibility
- Discrimination (social behavior)
- Discriminative stimulus
- Displacement (defense mechanism)
- Dissociative amnesia
- Dissociative disorders
- Dissociative fugue
- Dissociative identity disorder
- Divergent thinking
- Double blind study
- Drive
- DSM-IV
E
- Eardrum
- Ego
- Egocentrism
- Elaborative rehearsal
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Embryo
- Emotion
- Emotional intelligence
- Encoding
- Encoding specificity principle
- Endocrine system
- Endorphins
- Episodic memory
- Evolutionary psychology
- Experiment
- Experimental group
- Explicit memory
- Extinction (classical conditioning)
- Extinction (operant conditioning)
- Extrinsic motivation
F
- Facial feedback hypothesis
- Factor analysis
- Family therapy
- Feature detector
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Fetus
- Fixation (Freudian)
- Fixed interval schedule
- Fixed ratio schedule
- Flashbulb memories
- Fluid intelligence
- Forebrain
- Formal operational stage
- Fovea
- Fraternal twins
- Free association
- Frequency theory
- Frontal lobes
- Frustration aggression hypothesis
- Functional fixedness
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Functionalism
- Fundamental attribution error
G
- G factor
- Gate control theory
- Gender
- Gender identity
- Gender roles
- Gene
- General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Genital stage
- Genotype
- Gestalt psychology
- Glial cells
- Group polarization
- Groupthink
H
- Habituation
- Hallucinations
- Hallucinogens
- Health psychology
- Heritability
- Heuristic
- Hierarchy of needs
- Hindbrain
- Hippocampus
- Homeostasis
- Hormones
- Hue
- Humanistic psychology
- Hypnosis
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypothalamus
- Hypothesis
I
- Id
- Identical twins
- Implicit memory
- Imprinting
- Incentive
- Independent variable
- Inferential statistics
- Informed consent
- Insight (learning)
- Insomnia
- Instinct
- Intelligence
- Intelligence quotient (IQ)
- Interferon
- Intrinsic motivation
- Introspection
- Iris
J
K
L
- Language
- Latency stage
- Latent content
- Latent learning
- Law of effect
- Learned helplessness
- Learning
- Lens
- Limbic system
- Locus of control
- Long-term memory (LTM)
- Long-term potentiation (LTP)
- Longitudinal study
M
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Maintenance rehearsal
- Major depressive disorder
- Mania
- Manifest content
- Maturation
- Mean
- Median
- Meditation
- Medulla
- Memory
- Menarche
- Menopause
- Mental age
- Mental retardation
- Mental set
- Meta analysis
- Midbrain
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
- Mnemonic devices
- Mode
- Monocular cues
- Mood disorders
- Morpheme
- Motivation
- Motor cortex
- Motor neurons
- Myelin sheath
N
- Narcolepsy
- Natural selection
- Naturalistic observation
- Need for achievement
- Negative reinforcement
- Neurons
- Neurotransmitters
- Norm (testing)
- Normal distribution
O
- Obedience
- Object permanence
- Observational learning
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Occipital lobes
- Oedipus complex
- Olfaction
- Operant conditioning
- Operational definition
- Opiates
- Opponent process theory (color)
- Optic nerve
- Oral stage
P
- Panic disorder
- Parasympathetic nervous system
- Parietal lobes
- Partial reinforcement
- Perception
- Perceptual constancy
- Peripheral nervous system
- Personality
- Personality disorders
- Phallic stage
- Phenotype
- Pheromones
- Phobia
- Phoneme
- Physical dependence
- Pitch
- Pituitary gland
- Place theory
- Placebo
- Placebo effect
- Pleasure principle
- Polygraph
- Pons
- Population
- Positive reinforcement
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Prejudice
- Preoperational stage
- Primacy effect
- Primary reinforcers
- Priming
- Proactive interference
- Procedural memory
- Projection
- Projective tests
- Prototype
- Psychoactive drugs
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychodynamic theories
- Psychology
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Psychophysics
- Psychosexual stages
- Psychosurgery
- Psychotherapy
- Puberty
- Punishment
- Pupil
R
- Random assignment
- Range Semantics
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Rationalization
- Reaction formation
- Reality principle
- Recall
- Receptors
- Reciprocal determinism
- Recognition
- Reflex Shaping
- Reinforcement
- Reliability
- REM sleep
- Replication
- Representativeness heuristic
- Repression
- Resistance
- Resting potential
- Reticular formation
- Retina
- Retinal disparity
- Retrieval
- Retroactive interference
- Retrograde amnesia
- Rods
- Rorschach Inkblot Test
S
- Sample
- Schedule of reinforcement
- Schemas
- Schizophrenia
- Scientific method
- Secondary reinforcers
- Self-actualization
- Self-concept
- Self-efficacy
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Self-serving bias
- Semantic memory
- Sensation
- Sensory adaptation
- Sensory memory
- Sensorimotor stage
- Sensory neurons
- Serial position effect
- Set point (weight)
- Sexual orientation
- Shape constancy
- Signal detection theory
- Size constancy
- Sleep apnea
- Social facilitation
- Social loafing
- Social norms
- Social phobia
- Social psychology
- Social support
- Somatic nervous system
- Somatoform disorders
- Specific phobia
- Spinal cord
- Spontaneous recovery
- Standard deviation
- Standardization
- State dependent memory
- Stereotype
- Stimulants
- Stimulus discrimination
- Stimulus generalization
- Storage
- Stress
- Stressors
- Structuralism
- Subliminal perception
- Superego
- Survey
- Sympathetic nervous system
- Synapse
- Syntax
- Systematic desensitization
T
- Taste buds
- Telegraphic speech
- Temperament
- Temporal lobes
- Dermatogens
- Thalamus
- Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
- Theory
- Token economy
- Tolerance
- Top down processing
- Trait
- Transduction
- Transference
- Triarchic theory of intelligence
- Trichromatic theory
- Two factor theory of emotion
- Type A behavior
- Type B behavior