AP Psychology AP Review Flashcards

5393871957	psychology	the study of behavior and mental processes	0
5393871960	biological approach	genetics, close-relatives, body functions	1
5393871961	evolutionary approach	species - helped with survival (ancestors)	2
5393871962	psychodynamic approach	(Freud) subconscious, repressed feelings, unfulfilled wishes	3
5393871963	behavioral approach	learning (classical and operant) observed	4
5393871964	cognitive approach	thinking affects behavior	5
5393871965	humanistic approach	becoming a better human (behavior, acceptance)	6
5393871968	types of research methods	descriptive, correlational, and experimental	7
5393871970	case study	studies one person in depth may not be typical of population	8
5393871971	survey	studies lots of people not in depth	9
5393871972	naturalistic observation	observe + write facts without interference	10
5393871973	correlational method	shows relation, but not cause/effect scatterplots show research	11
5393871975	experimental method	does show cause and effect	12
5393871977	sample	actual people who will be used (randomness reduces bias)	13
5393871978	random assignment	chance selection between experimental and control groups	14
5393871979	control group	not receiving experimental treatment receives placebo	15
5393871980	experimental group	receiving treatment/drug	16
5393871981	independent variable	drug/procedure/treatment	17
5393871982	dependent variable	outcome of using the drug/treatment	18
5393871983	confounding variable	can affect dependent variable beyond experiment's control	19
5393871984	scientific method	theory hypothesis operational definition revision	20
5393871985	theory	general idea being tested	21
5393871986	hypothesis	measurable/specific	22
5393871997	sensory neurons	travel from sensory receptors to brain	23
5393871998	motor neurons	travel from brain to "motor" workings	24
5393871999	interneurons	(in brain and spinal cord) connecting motor and sensory neurons	25
5393872000	neuron		26
5393872004	neurotransmitters	chemical messengers	27
5393872006	excitatory charge	"Let's do it!"	28
5393872007	inhibitory charge	"Let's not do it!"	29
5393872008	central nervous system	brain and spinal cord	30
5393872009	peripheral nervous system	somatic nervous system autonomic nervous system	31
5393872010	somatic nervous system	voluntary movements	32
5393872011	autonomic nervous system	involuntary movements (sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems)	33
5393872012	sympathetic nervous system	arousing	34
5393872013	parasympathetic nervous system	calming	35
5393872016	endocrine system	slow uses hormones in the blood system	36
5393872017	master gland	pituitary gland	37
5393872034	frontal lobe	judgement, personality, processing (Phineas Gage accident)	38
5393872035	parietal lobe	math and spatial reasoning	39
5393872036	temporal lobe	audition and recognizing faces	40
5393872037	occipital lobe	vision	41
5393872038	corpus callosum	split in the brain to stop hyper-communication (eliminate epileptic seizures)	42