1121482949 | Structuralism | using these introspective reports to build a new of the mind's structure; views that all mental experiences can be understood as a combination of simple evens -Edward Titchener | |
1121482950 | functionalism | psychological processes have a function; helping us survive as individuals, adapt as species -William James | |
1121482951 | Gestalt psychology | "whole" assumes that psychological phenomenon must be viewed as a whole, not as individual elements | |
1121482952 | operational definition | tells how variable will be measured | |
1121482953 | valid | accurate | |
1121482954 | reliable | consistent | |
1121482955 | false consensus effect | tendency to overestimate the extent which others share our beliefs and behaviors | |
1121482956 | illusory correlation | perception of a relationship were none exists | |
1121482957 | independent variable | manipulated by researcher | |
1121482958 | dependent variable | changes in response to manipulations of IV | |
1121482959 | confounding variables | variables/situations other than IV that affect outcome | |
1121482960 | standard deviation | look at range | |
1121482961 | statistical significance | how likely it is that a result occurred by chance | |
1121487219 | agonist | mimics neurotransmitter | |
1121487220 | antagonist | blocks neurotransmitter | |
1121489317 | rooting reflex | mouth- looking for food | |
1121489318 | Moro reflex | arms flair out, come back in | |
1121489319 | Babinski reflex | stroke babies feet, toes curl | |
1121496501 | conservation | ability to understand a quality is conserved even when it is arranged in a different shape | |
1121496502 | Konrad Lorenz | imprinting with goslings | |
1121496503 | Harry Harlow | monkey with wire mother- body contact | |
1121496504 | Mary Ainsworth | researched attachment | |
1121504680 | Carol Gilligan | worked with Kohlberg, boys vs. girl differ | |
1121504681 | Piaget | cognitive development | |
1121504682 | Kohlberg | moral development | |
1121504683 | Erikson | psychosocial | |
1121504684 | Freud | psychosexual | |
1121508308 | Ross-Kessler | grief | |
1121508309 | prospective memory | remembering to remember | |
1121508310 | fluid intelligence | ability to reason speedily and abstractly | |
1121508311 | social clock | culturally preferred timing of social events | |
1122633518 | bottom-up processing | featured analysis using features of an object to build a perception | |
1122633519 | top-down processing | filling in gaps in what we sense by drawing on our experiences and expectations | |
1122633520 | perceptual set | predisposition to perceiving something in a certain way based on schemata | |
1122633521 | sensory adaption | diminished sensitivity as consequence of constant stimulation- CANNOT recapture initial stimulus! | |
1122633522 | sensory habituation | decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation- CAN recapture stimulus! | |
1122633523 | wavelength/frequency- vision | determines hue | |
1122633524 | intensity/amplitude | determines brightness | |
1122633525 | wavelength/frequency-audition | pitch | |
1122633526 | intensity/amplitude/height-audition | loudness | |
1122633527 | kinesthetic sense | keeps track of overall position and orientation of specific body parts | |
1122633528 | vestibular sense | sense of body movement and position | |
1122666144 | relative size | smaller image is more distant | |
1122666145 | interposition | closer object blocks distant object | |
1122666146 | relative clarity | hazy object seen as more distant | |
1122666147 | texture gradient | closer objects in detail; farther objects not | |
1122666148 | relative height | higher object seen as more distant | |
1122666149 | relative motion | closer objects seem to move faster | |
1122666150 | linear perspective | parallel lines converge with distance | |
1122666151 | relative brightness | closer objects appear brighter | |
1122666152 | phi phenomenon | series of light bulbs turned on/off at a particular rate seem to be one moving light (Christmas lights) | |
1122666153 | autokinetic effect | if a spotlight is projected steadily onto same place of wall in dark room, it will seem to move | |
1123945028 | Ponzu effect | if two objects look similar in size, the one in the distance must be bigger |
AP Psych Semester 1 Exam Flashcards
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