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LUSAKA APEX
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (PSY 115)
LIST OF TOPICS FOR EXAM PREPARATION
At least t !ee (") #$est%&'s %ll %' t e E a* Pa+e! (,!&*
1 t& 5- #$est%&'s).
1. Historical origins of Psychology from Philosophy (e.g. R.
Descartes, J. Locke, etc.).2. “ he father of Psychology! an" his
contri#$tion to Psychology.%. he first schools of Psychology (e.g.
&$nctionalism ' . James).
. *$#se+$ent *chools of Psychology (e.g. Psycho"ynamic theory '
*. &re$").
. Perspecti-es in Psychology ( ogniti-e approach, *ystemic
approach, etc.)./. Research metho"s of Psychology (0 perimental,
orrelational, ase st$"ies, etc.).
. *ensation -s perception ("efinitions an" e planation). he
process of sensation.3. op4"o5n processing an" percept$al set.6.
0ffect of emotion, physical state an" moti-ation on perception.17.
Distance4relate" conte t c$es. he 8mes room e periment.
11. Learning. processes of learning.12. lassical con"itioning
(9. Pa-lo-).1%. :perant con"itioning (;. &. *kinner).1 . *ocial
learning (8. ;an"$ra).1 . ogniti-e learning.1/. ypes of memory.1 .
*teps of memory storage.13. ypes of forgetting.16. *tages of
memory.27. hat is moti-ation<21. Perspecti-es on moti-ation
(e.g. Psycho"ynamic, ogniti-e, etc.).
22. 8. =aslo5 an" his hierarchy of nee"s.2%. =oti-ation of
h$nger an" eating.2 . Psychosocial moti-es.2 . 0motions. a onomy of
emotions.2/. Definition of inelegancy.2 . echsler 9ntelligence
*cales.23. >ar"ner?s theory of m$ltiple intelligences.26.
*alo-ey?s emotional intelligence.%7. hinking@ Ho5 is it "ifferent
from remem#ering<%1. :rganiAation of o$r tho$ghts@ $lt$re an"
9n"i-i"$al Differences.%2. hinking, 0 pectations, an"
Pre"ictions.
%%. hinking as Pro#lem *ol-ing.% . hinking as Decision4=aking.%
. hinking as Decision4=aking@ ;iases an" ;a" Decisions.%/.
Pro#lem4*ol-ing an" Decision4=aking as ritical hinking.
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% . &i-e feat$res of se $ality.%3. hree4stage mo"el of se
$al response #y Baplan.%6. *tyles of lo-e.
7. riang$lar theory of lo-e.1. *tages of De-elopment #y Jean
Piaget.2. he 5o heories of *. &re$" ( opographic an" *tr$ct$ral
theories).
%. *tages of Psychose $al De-elopment #y *. &re$".. he
*tages of Pre"etermine" De-elopment #y 0rik 0rikson.. Personality
-s rait.
/. he str$ct$re of personality #y *. &re$" (9", 0go an"
*$pergo).. Defense mechanisms #y *. &re$".
3. J$ngian heory (#y arl J$ng).6. :#Cect4Relations theory (=.
Blein an" D. innicott).7. 8llport?s trait theory. Personality
traits@ he ;ig &i-e.1. *e -s >en"er ("efinitions).2.
Psychological e planations of gen"er "e-elopment (Bohl#erg?s
theory, =artin an"
Hal-erson theory).%. ;iological infl$ences on gen"er (>orski,
o$ng, *hay5itA an" *hay5itA).
. ;iosocial infl$ences on gen"er (=oss, oo" an" 0ggly).
. *ocial infl$ences on gen"er (e.g. *ocial learning theory,
$lt$ral, =e"ia)./. Psychotherapy ' "efinition an" types of
psychotherapy (accor"ing to format an" content).
. =ilie$ herapy ( omm$nity therapy).
At least &'e (1) #$est%&' %ll /e %' t e E a* Pa+e!
(,!&* 50 t& - #$est%&'s).
3. =e"ical "eontology an" me"ical ethics.6. omm$nicating 5ith
a"$lt patients.
/7. omm$nicating 5ith el"erly (geriatric) patients./1.
omm$nicating 5ith chil"ren (pe"iatric) an" yo$ng patients./2.
>i-ing the #a" ne5s./%. =$lti"isciplinary team in me"icine./ .
Psychoanalysis./ . ogniti-e #eha-ioral therapy ( ; ).//. Pet
therapy (8nimal4assiste" therapy)./ . 8rt therapy./3. Holistic
approach to treatment./6. Psychological s$pport an"
co$nselling.
7. *e therapy.
1. o$ple co$nselling.2. Pastoral co$nselling.
2&&3 l$4 %t 6&$! e a* +!e+a!at%&'7
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