EXAM

10 minutes reading time and 90 minutes writing time The Exam will consist of 45 multiple choice questions and 45 marks worth of short answer questions. All material covered during Semester 2 is assessable.
 * Unit 2 Psychology Exam **

**Area of Study 1 -** __Interpersonal and group behaviour__
Explain how attitudes are formed and changed and discuss the factors that affect the behavior of individuals and groups.


 * Chapter 6- Attitudes**
 * Define attitudes
 * Tricomponent model – ABC
 * Factors influencing attitude formation – eg. Family, media etc
 * Define prejudice and discrimination
 * Factors contributing to prejudice
 * Factors which may reduce prejudice- e.g inter group contact, cognitive interventions etc
 * Stereotypes and sexism, racism, ageism


 * Chapter 7- Social influences on individual behaviour**
 * Define status and power (including 5 types of social power)
 * Zimbardo’s Prison experiment
 * Obedience including factors affecting obedience e.g. social proximity
 * Milgram’s experiment
 * Conformity including factors affecting conformity e.g group size, unanimity
 * Asch’s experiment
 * Peer pressure and risk taking
 * Pro social and anti social behaviour
 * Factors influencing pro social behaviour eg. Empathy etc
 * Factors influencing anti social behaviour eg. Diffusion of responsibility
 * Albert Bandura and social learning theory
 * Explanations of aggression eg. Biological, ethological etc
 * Research methods and ethics in research

**Area of Study 2 -__Intelligence and Personality__**
Compare different theories of intelligence and personality, and compare different methodologies used in the measurement of these.


 * Chapter 8 - Intelligence**
 * Definition of Intelligence
 * Genetics vs. Environment- including Twin and Adoption studies
 * General Intelligence – Alfred Binet
 * IQ- including mental age and chronological age
 * Howard Gardner and Multiple Intelligences
 * Strengths and Weaknesses of Intelligence Tests
 * Cultural Bias


 * Chapter 9 - Personality**
 * Definition of personality
 * Personality Type theory- including Sheldon’s body type, Type A/B/C and Adler’s birth order
 * Genetics vs. Environment
 * Freud including id, ego, superego, the five psychosexual stages, defence mechanisms and strengths and limitations of Freud’s theories
 * Allport’s trait theory
 * Humanistic Theories – Carl Rogers
 * Projective tests – e.g Rorschach Inkblot Test
 * Vocational testing/ Careers and the workplace – Myers Briggs Type Indicator pg. 290 & 292