AP Psych Exam stuff Flashcards
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| 12084279966 | Random selection vs Random assignment | Choosing subjects from a population Putting subject into experimental and control groups | 0 | |
| 12084279967 | Independent vs dependent variable | What is tested vs what is measured | 1 | |
| 12084279968 | Divisions of the Nervous System | CNS (brain and spinal cord) and PNS (somatic & autonomic[para/symp]) | 2 | |
| 12084279969 | vestibular sense vs kinesthic sense | Body movement & balance vs body parts in relation to each other | 3 | |
| 12084279970 | Theta waves with spindles and K complex indicate which stage? | Theta- stage 2, sleep spindles Delta- stage 3, deep, dreamless Beta- REM | 4 | |
| 12084279971 | afferent vs efferent | sensory (body to brain) vs motor (brain to body) | 5 | |
| 12084279972 | assimilation vs. accommodation | all four-legged animals are "doggies" vs. "doggies" are different than "kitties" | 6 | |
| 12084279973 | sensation vs perception | Sensation is the stimulation of the sense. Perception is how the brain interprets the stimulus | 7 | |
| 12084279974 | Deep vs shallow processing | Semantic vs basic | 8 | |
| 12084279975 | implicit vs explicit | Skills vs facts | 9 | |
| 12084279976 | Representative vs Availability heuristics | Stereotypes vs availability in memory | 10 | |
| 12084279977 | Phonemes vs. Morphemes | Basic sound units (ah, oh) vs basic units of meaning (non, pre/post) | 11 | |
| 12084279978 | Fluid vs. crystallized intelligence | Fluid = Capacity to solve problems. Crystallized = general knowledge. | 12 | |
| 12084279979 | Aptitude tests are to ________ as achievement tests are to ________. | future performance; current competence | 13 | |
| 12084279980 | Theory Y v. Theory X | democratic/intrinsic v. rewards of punishment/extrinsic | 14 | |
| 12084279981 | Lithium treats ______ v. Thorazine treats ________ | Bipolar vs schizophrenia | 15 | |
| 12084279982 | place theory | the idea that different sound frequencies stimulate different locations on the basilar membrane | 16 | |
| 12084279983 | frequency theory | rate at which neurons fire the action potential reproduces the pitch | 17 | |
| 12084279984 | Conduction VS sensorineural hearing loss | Damage to the mechanical system VS damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or auditory nerves | 18 | |
| 12084279985 | social desirability bias | a tendency to give socially approved answers to questions about oneself | 19 | |
| 12084279986 | inferential statistics | procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data | 20 | |
| 12084279987 | linguistic determinism/relativity | Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think | 21 | |
| 12084279988 | infant reflexes | 1. grasping 2. startle (Moro) 3. rooting 4. stepping (babinski) 5. sucking | 22 | |
| 12084279989 | Incentive Theory of Motivation | stresses the motivational role of external events that act as reinforcers (desserts and sex) | 23 | |
| 12084279990 | negative reinforcement | increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli | 24 | |
| 12084279991 | scaffolding | temporary support to help a child master a task | 25 | |
| 12084279992 | strong correlation | close to 1 or -1 | 26 | |
| 12084279993 | reaction formation | defense mechanism in which unacceptable impulses are transformed into their opposite | 27 | |
| 12084279994 | descriptive statistics | statistics that summarize the data collected in a study | 28 | |
| 12084279995 | zones of proximal development | Vygotsky, areas where the person learning can accomplish new cognitive tasks with guidance | 29 | |
| 12084279996 | language acquisition device (Chomsky, overgeneralization of language) | an innate mechanism or process that facilitates the learning of language | 30 | |
| 12084279997 | Thurstone's primary mental abilities | our intelligence may be broken down into seven factors | 31 | |
| 12084279998 | Flynn effect | the worldwide phenomenon that shows intelligence test performance has been increasing over the years | 32 | |
| 12084279999 | method of loci | use of familiar locations as cues to recall items that have been associated with them | 33 | |
| 12084280000 | stroboscopic movement | a type of apparent movement based on the rapid succession of still images, as in motion pictures | 34 | |
| 12084280001 | muller lyer illusion | two pictures in which one line seems longer than the other but really isn't | 35 | |
| 12084280002 | Ponzo illusion | minds tendency to judge an object's size according to its background | 36 | |
| 12084280003 | moon illusion | when the moon is closer to the horizon it looks 50 percent larger | 37 | |
| 12084280004 | Law of Effect (Thorndike) | a behavior followed by a reward is is strengthened and more likely repeated | 38 | |
| 12084280005 | drive reduction theory | a theory of motivation stating that motivation arises from imbalances in homeostasis | 39 | |
| 12084280006 | Seyle's General Adaptation Syndrome | 1. Alarm 2. resistance 3. exhaustion | 40 |
