Basic Vocabulary for AP Psychology
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| a behavior or trait that helps an organism adjust and function well within a changing environment; increases chances of survival | ||
| consisting of or based on secondhand accounts rather than firsthand knowledge or scientific investigation | ||
| to examine something in order to judge or evaluate it; to calculate value based on various factors | ||
| a quality or characteristic | ||
| to think of something as caused by a particular circumstance | ||
| involving, implying,or constituting a cause | ||
| based on or involving medical treatment, practice, observation, or diagnosis | ||
| relating to the process of acquiring knowledge by the use of reasoning, intuition, perception, memory, understanding, thought processes, and language | ||
| an individual's sense of right and wrong; in psychoanalysis, the superego | ||
| awake and responsive to stimuli; aware of something and attaching importance to it | ||
| the identifying of an illness or disorder in a patient through an interview, physical exam, medical tests, and/or other procedures | ||
| based on an individual's inclination or tendency o act in a particular way | ||
| to separate a group of mental processes from the rest of the mind, causing them to lose their normal relationship with it | ||
| made up of elements from various sources | ||
| based on or characterized by observation and experiment rather than theory; knowledge from experience, particularly from sensory observation, rather than from the application of logic | ||
| the investigation of causes and origins; branch of medicine that investigates the causes and origins of disease | ||
| to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of disease, ill feelings, etc; to aggravate | ||
| not relevant, applicable, essential, or important, existing or coming from outside | ||
| coming or operating from outside something | ||
| relating to or affecting the underlying principles or structure of something; serving as an essential part of something | ||
| categorization of members of a group according to the importance of each | ||
| a testable prediction that gives direction to research; a tentative explanation for a phenomenon, used as a basis for further investigation. | ||
| the process of drawing a conclusion based on evidence or reasoning | ||
| occurring wholly within or belonging wholly to a part of the body | ||
| contrary or lacking in reason or logic; lacking he normal ability to think clearly | ||
| a behavior or trait that is counterproductive to the survival or well being of an organism | ||
| free of any bias or prejudice caused by personal feelings; based on facts rather than thoughts or opinions | ||
| the process of using the sense to acquire information about the surrounding environment or situation | ||
| a measured or objective assessment of a situation, giving all elements their comparative importance; a POV | ||
| a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable (plu= phenomena) | ||
| a medical opinion as to the likely course/outcome of a disease | ||
| a detailed plan of scientific experiments, medical trial, or other pieces of research | ||
| able to think clearly and sensibly because the mind is not impaired by physical or mental condition, violent emotion, or prejudice | ||
| he reasoning or principle that underlies or explains a particular course of action, or a statement setting out these reasons or principles | ||
| having some sensible or logical connection with something else; having some bearing on the importance of real-world issues, present-day events, or the current state of society | ||
| A set of printed rules or instructions | ||
| a physical feeling caused by having one or more of the sense organs stimulated | ||
| based in an individuals inclination or tendency to respond to environmental circumstances | ||
| to make a judgment or form an opinion on something based on incomplete facts or information | ||
| a branch of mathematics that deals with the analysis and interpretation of numerical data in terms of samples and populations | ||
| based on somebody's opinions or feelings rather than facts or evidence | ||
| carried out in a methodical and organized manner | ||
| about, involving or based on theory; dealing with theory or speculation rather than practical applications | ||
| one who holds or expounds a theory | ||
| the body of rules, ideas, principles, and techniques that apply to a particular subject |