| A | B | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TOPICS | UNDERSTANDING | NOTES | |
2 | Category 6A: Sensing the environment | |||
3 | Sensory Processing (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
4 | Sensation | strong | ||
5 | Threshold | strong | ||
6 | Weber’s Law (PSY) | strong | ||
7 | Signal detection theory (PSY) | strong | ||
8 | Sensory adaptation | strong | ||
9 | Psychophysics | strong | ||
10 | Sensory receptors | strong | ||
11 | Sensory pathways | strong | ||
12 | Types of sensory receptor | strong | ||
13 | Vision (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
14 | Structure and function of the eye | strong | ||
15 | Visual processing | strong | ||
16 | Visual pathways in the brain | strong | ||
17 | Parallel processing (PSY) | strong | ||
18 | Feature detection (PSY) | strong | ||
19 | Hearing (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
20 | Structure and function of the ear | strong | ||
21 | Auditory processing (e.g., auditory pathways in the brain) | strong | ||
22 | Sensory reception by hair cells | strong | ||
23 | Other Senses (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
24 | Somatosensation (e.g., pain perception) | strong | ||
25 | Taste (e.g., taste buds/chemoreceptors that detect specific chemicals) | strong | ||
26 | Smell | strong | ||
27 | Olfactory cells/chemoreceptors that detect specific chemicals | strong | ||
28 | Pheromones (BIO) | strong | ||
29 | Olfactory pathways in the brain (BIO) | strong | ||
30 | Kinesthetic sense (PSY) | strong | ||
31 | Vestibular sense | strong | ||
32 | Perception (PSY) | strong | ||
33 | Bottom-up/Top-down processing | strong | ||
34 | Perceptual organization (e.g., depth, form, motion, constancy) | strong | ||
35 | Gestalt principles | strong | ||
36 | Category 6B | strong | ||
37 | Attention (PSY) | strong | ||
38 | Selective attention | strong | ||
39 | Divided attention | strong | ||
40 | Cognition (PSY) | strong | ||
41 | Information-processing model | strong | ||
42 | Cognitive development | strong | ||
43 | Piaget’s stages of cognitive development | strong | ||
44 | Cognitive changes in late adulthood | strong | ||
45 | Role of culture in cognitive development | strong | ||
46 | Influence of heredity and environment on cognitive development | strong | ||
47 | Biological factors that affect cognition (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
48 | Problem solving and decision making | strong | ||
49 | Types of problem solving | strong | ||
50 | Barriers to effective problem solving | strong | ||
51 | Approaches to problem solving | strong | ||
52 | Heuristics and biases (e.g., overconfidence, belief perseverance) | strong | ||
53 | Intellectual functioning | strong | ||
54 | Theories of intelligence | strong | ||
55 | Influence of heredity and environment on intelligence | strong | ||
56 | Variations in intellectual ability | strong | ||
57 | Consciousness (PSY) | strong | ||
58 | States of consciousness | strong | ||
59 | Alertness (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
60 | Sleep | strong | ||
61 | Stages of sleep | strong | ||
62 | Sleep cycles and changes to sleep cycles | strong | ||
63 | Sleep and circadian rhythms (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
64 | Dreaming | strong | ||
65 | Sleep–wake disorders | strong | ||
66 | Hypnosis and meditation | strong | ||
67 | Consciousness-altering drugs | strong | ||
68 | Types of consciousness-altering drugs and their effects on the nervous system and behavior | strong | ||
69 | Drug addiction and the reward pathway in the brain | strong | ||
70 | Memory (PSY) | strong | ||
71 | Encoding | strong | ||
72 | Process of encoding information | strong | ||
73 | Processes that aid in encoding memories | strong | ||
74 | Storage | strong | ||
75 | Types of memory storage (e.g., sensory, working, long-term) | strong | ||
76 | Semantic networks and spreading activation | strong | ||
77 | Retrieval | strong | ||
78 | Recall, recognition, and relearning | strong | ||
79 | Retrieval cues | strong | ||
80 | The role of emotion in retrieving memories (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
81 | Processes that aid retrieval | strong | ||
82 | Forgetting | strong | ||
83 | Aging and memory | strong | ||
84 | Memory dysfunctions (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, Korsakoff’s syndrome) | strong | ||
85 | Decay | strong | ||
86 | Interference | strong | ||
87 | Memory construction and source monitoring | strong | ||
88 | Changes in synaptic connections underlie memory and learning (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
89 | Neural plasticity | strong | ||
90 | Memory and learning | strong | ||
91 | Long-term potentiation | strong | ||
92 | Language (PSY) | strong | ||
93 | Theories of language development (e.g., learning, Nativist, Interactionist) | strong | ||
94 | Influence of language on cognition | strong | ||
95 | Brain areas that control language and speech (PSY, BIO) | strong | ||
96 | Content Category 6C: Responding to the world | strong | ||
97 | Emotion (PSY) | strong | ||
98 | Three components of emotion (i.e., cognitive, physiological, behavioral) | strong | ||
99 | Universal emotions (i.e., fear, anger, happiness, surprise, joy, disgust, and sadness) | strong | ||
100 | Adaptive role of emotion | strong |