AP Psychology Confusing Pairs Flashcards

9608088536	Independent variable vs. Dependent Vairable	What is tested vs. What is measured	0
9608088537	Random selection vs. Random Assignment	Selection of subjects for a study vs. Assigning subjects to experimental or control groups in a study	1
9608088538	Experimental Group vs. Control Group	Group that is tested vs. Group compared to the experimental, i.e receives the placebo in a drug experiment	2
9608088539	Left Brain vs. Right Brain	Language and logic vs. Creative and spatial	3
9608088540	Corpus Callosum vs. Cerebral Cortex	Attaches the 2 hemispheres vs. Covers the brain (brain hat)	4
9608088541	Sympathetic Nervous System vs. Parasympathetic	STRESS - "Flight-orfight" vs. PEACE - Calming	5
9608088542	Neurotransmitters vs. Hormones	In between neurons in nervous system vs. From glands In the endocrine system	6
9608088543	Lateral Hypothalamus vs. Ventromedial Hypothalamus	Stimulates hunger vs. Suppresses hunger	7
9608088544	Broca's Area vs. Wernicke's Area	Makes words vs. Comprehends words	8
9608088545	Identical Twins vs. Fraternal Twins	Same fertilized egg vs. Two seperate eggs	9
9608088546	Afferent Neurons vs. Efferent Neurons	Sensory, body to the brain vs. Motor, brain to the body	10
9608088547	Assimilation vs. Accommodation	All four-legged animals are "doggies" vs. "Doggies" are different than "Kitties"	11
9608088548	Concrete Operations vs. Formal Operations	Logical thinking vs. Philosophical thinking	12
9608088549	Sensation vs. Perception	Bottom-up Processing vs. Top-down processing	13
9608088550	Rods vs. Cones	Night vision vs. Color vision	14
9608088551	Classical Conditioning vs. Operant Conditioning	Involuntary (reflex) vs. Voluntary	15
9608088552	Positive Reinforcement vs. Negative Reinforcement	Any reward following a desirable behavior that increases the behavior vs. Ending, taking away something bad ie "time-out" - this increases good behavior	16
9608088553	Primacy Effect vs. Recency Effect	First items remembered vs. Last items remembered	17
9608088554	Proactive Interference vs. Retroactive Interference	Loss of the new info b/c of old vs. loss of the old info b/c of new	18
9608088555	Implicit Memory vs. Explicit Memory	Non-declarative; skills vs. Declarative, facts	19
9608088556	Recall Memory vs. Recognition Memory	No cues/fill-in vs. Some hints/multiple choice, matching	20
9608088557	Algorithms vs. Heuristics	Step-by-step vs. Rule-of-thumb	21
9608088558	Representative Heuristics vs. Availability Heuristics	Stereotypes vs. Based on available info, planes safer than cars	22
9608088559	Phonemes vs. Morphemes	Basic sound units vs. Basic units of meaning	23
9608088560	Fluid Intelligence vs. Crystallized Intelligence	"Brain power" vs. Acquired knowledge	24
9608088561	Validity vs. Reliability	Test measure what it should vs. Same scores on a retest	25
9608088562	Achievement Test vs. Aptitude Test	What you've learned vs. What you can do	26
9608088563	Intrinsic Motivation vs. Extrinsic Motivation	For personal satisfaction vs. For rewards or to avoid punishment	27
9608088564	Theory Y vs. Theory X	Democratic vs. Rewards or punishment	28
9608088565	Internal Locus vs. External Locus	Controlling the environment vs. The environment controls you	29
9608088566	Lithium vs. Librium	Treats bi-polar vs. Treats anxiety	30
9608088567	Type A vs. Type B	High stress vs. Low stress	31
9608088568	Psychoanalysis vs. Psychotherapy	Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts & actions to unconscious & conflicts vs. Treatment involving psychological techniques	32
9608088569	Latent Content vs. Manifest Content	According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream vs. According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream	33