- Describe various definitions of stress, including the difference between stimulus-based and response-based stress and good stress and bad stress.
- Define coping and differentiate between problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. In addition, describe the importance of perceived control in our reactions to stress
- Compare and Discuss the Differences between Jean Piaget’s Stages of Development and Erik Erickson’s. Which theory do you believe is more closely associated with your own beliefs.
- Describe Kohlberg’s theory of moral development and the stages of reasoning
- Explain how people with psychological disorders have been treated throughout the ages and discuss deinstitutionalization
- Explain the basic process and uses of play and behavior therapy
- Explain and compare biomedical therapies
- Describe the basic features of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and how it is used to classify disorders
- Describe social roles, social norms, and scripts and how they influence behavior
- Explain the process and the findings of Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment