Mrs. Sullivan’s History Blog

Final Exam Study GuideJanuary 2007PsychologyMrs. Sullivan Chapters:

1: Intro to Psychology

3: Infancy and Childhood

4: Adolescence

7: Altered States of Consciousness

8: Sensation and Perception

9-11: Learning Principles, Memory, Thinking

13: Testing

16: Psychological Disorders

14: Personality Theories

Format: Multiple Choice, Matching, Short Answer

Main Ideas & Vocab:PsychologyFunctionalism v. inheritable traitsDevelopmental psychologyNature v. nurtureGrasping reflexRooting reflexJean PiagetSchemas            -assimilation            -accommodationObject permanenceRepresentational thought“Storm and Stress”Initiation rightsAsynchrony Parenting styles            -authoritarian            -permissive            -democratic            -uninvolvedFreud: Psychosexual development            -anal stage            -phallic stage            -latency stage            -genital stage            -oral stageGender identityGender roles4 theories of genderSleep            -why we sleep            -stages of sleepDreamsSensationPerceptionAbsolute thresholdThe stroop effectPonzo illusionBrain principles            -proximity            -similarity            -closure            -simplicity            -continuityJust noticeable differenceSubliminal messagesClassical conditioning            -neutral stimulus            -unconditioned stimulus            -unconditioned response            -conditioned stimulus            -conditioned response
Pavlov’s dogOperant conditioning ReinforcementB. F. Skinner & Skinner’s boxSchedules of reinforcementBobo Doll experimentSocial learningCognitive learningLearned helplessnessMemory (process)            -sensory            -short-term            -long-termPrimary-recency effectThinkingFunctional fixednessCreativityPsychological Testing            -purpose            -uses             -reliability v. validityTheories of intelligenceEmotional intelligenceIQ Tests            -Stanford-Binet            -WechslerCultural biasAptitude testsAchievement testsRorschach Inkblot TestsPsychological DisordersAnxietyBi-polarSchizophrenia Obsessive-compulsive             

Mid-Term Study Guide
January 2007
Civics CP
Mrs. Sullivan

Chapters:
Approx. 1-19… see the topics below.

Format: Multiple Choice, Matching, Short Answer

Main Ideas & Vocab:

Introduction to Government
4 characteristics of a state
4 origins of a state
Government
Limited & representative government
Bicameral & unicameral
Popular sovereignty
Unitary government
Federal government
Presidential system
Parliamentary system
Democracy
-direct
-representative
NJ Plan
Virginia Plan
Connecticut Compromise
The Amendments: know 1, 2, 5, 13, 14, 19, 22
Political Parties and the Party System
Political Parties
2 Major Parties
-GOP
-DEM
Electorate
Voting Qualifications
The nominating process (5 ways)
Direct Primary
-Open Primary
-Closed Primary
Public Opinion and the Media
Public opinion
Mass media
Interest groups
Polling
-method
-universe
-sample
a. random sample
b. quota sample
Propaganda
Lobbying
The Legislative Branch
Congress (what it does, qualifications to be a member, etc…)
-The House of Representatives
-The Senate
Off-year elections
Gerrymandering
Continuous body
Expressed powers
Implied powers
How a bill becomes a law
The Executive Branch
Roles of the President
Qualifications
Term, Pay, Benefits
Presidential Succession
The VP
Presidential Powers
The Judicial Branch
Dual Court System
Jurisdiction
-exclusive jurisdiction
-concurrent jurisdiction
-original jurisdiction
-appellate jurisdiction
Civil law
Criminal law
Judges
Supreme Court
Inferior Court
-District Court
-Court of Appeals
Landmark Cases
-Marburry v. Madison
-Brown v. Board of Ed
-Texas v. Johnson
-Roe v. Wade
Civil liberties
Unalienable rights
Bill of Rights
Relative Rights
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Libel & Slander

Short Answer:
1. 3 Branches of Government
2. Political Parties (2 party system)

  Mid-Term Study GuideJanuary 2007Civics HonorsMrs. Sullivan 

Chapters:

Approx. 1-19… see the topics below.

 

Format: Multiple Choice, Matching, ID’s, Short Answer

 

Main Ideas & Vocab: 

Introduction to Government

4 characteristics of a state

4 origins of a state

Government

Limited & representative government

Bicameral & unicameral

Popular sovereignty

Unitary government

Federal government

Presidential system

Parliamentary system

Democracy

-direct

-representative

NJ Plan

Virginia Plan

Connecticut Compromise

The Amendments: know 1, 2, 5, 13, 14, 19, 22

Political Parties and the Party System

Political Parties

2 Major Parties

            -GOP

            -DEM

Electorate

Voting Qualifications

The nominating process (5 ways)

Direct Primary

            -Open Primary

            -Closed Primary

Public Opinion and the Media

Public opinion

Mass media

Interest groups

Polling

            -method

            -universe

            -sample

                        a.  random sample

                        b.  quota sample

Propaganda

Lobbying

The Legislative Branch

Congress (what it does, qualifications to be a member, etc…)

-The House of Representatives

-The Senate

Off-year elections

Gerrymandering

Continuous body

Expressed powers

Implied powers

How a bill becomes a law

The Executive Branch

Roles of the President

Qualifications

Term, Pay, Benefits

Presidential Succession

The VP

Presidential Powers

The Judicial Branch

Dual Court System

Jurisdiction

            -exclusive jurisdiction

            -concurrent jurisdiction

            -original jurisdiction

            -appellate jurisdiction

Civil law

Criminal law

Judges

Supreme Court

Inferior Court

            -District Court

            -Court of Appeals

Landmark Cases

            -Marburry v.
Madison

            -Brown v. Board of Ed

            -
Texas v. Johnson

            -Roe v. Wade

Civil liberties

Unalienable rights

Bill of Rights

Relative Rights

Establishment Clause

Free Exercise Clause

Libel & Slander

 

Short Answer:

1.      Origins of Government

2.      3 Branches of Government

3.      Political Parties (2 party system)

Mid-Term Study GuideJanuary 2007US History HonorsMrs. Sullivan 

Chapters:

13: Reconstruction

14: Expansion of American Industry

15: Looking West

16 & 17:  The Gilded Age

18: Becoming a World Power

19: Era of Progressive Reform

 

Format: Multiple Choice, Matching, ID’s, Essay

 

Vocab:

Pardon

Lincoln 10% Plan

Black codes

13^th, 14^th & 15^th Amendments

Carpetbaggers

Scalawag

Sharecropping

Tenant farming

Transcontinental railroad

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Social Darwinism

Monopoly

Piecework

Division of labor

Collective bargaining

Knights of Labor

Pullman Strike

Homestead Act

Sitting Bull

Dawes Act

Sooners & boomers

Dry farming

Inflation & deflation

Gold bugs & Silverites

Gilded Age

Laissez-faire

Spoils system

Steerage

Ghettos

Restrictive covenants

Nativism

Settlement house

Prohibition

Assimilation

Booker T. Washington

W.E.B. duBois

Ragtime

Jim Crow laws

Grandfather clause

Plessy v.
Ferguson

Imperialism

Spanish-American War

Rough Riders

Panama Canal

Henry George

Edward Bellamy

Upton Sinclair

Muckraker

Socialism

The Pure Food and Drug Act

17^th Amendment

Workplace reforms

TR’s “Square Deal”

 

Essay:  In what ways did
America change from 1865-1920.  Give 3 ways and support your ideas with historical examples.