AP Vocab Check Flashcards
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| 8664258350 | Absolute Threshold | Minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time | 0 | |
| 8664262017 | Aphasia | Language impairment | 1 | |
| 8664267093 | Broca's Area | Controls expressing language | 2 | |
| 8664273840 | Cones | Retinal receptor cells for color and detail | 3 | |
| 8664279715 | Empirical | Evidence based | 4 | |
| 8664292752 | Fluid Intelligence | Ability to reason quickly & abstractly | 5 | |
| 8664295832 | Glial Cell | Supports, nourishes & protects neurons | 6 | |
| 8664304662 | Habituation | Decreased responsiveness with repeated exposure to the same stimulus | 7 | |
| 8664315388 | Heuristic | Simple thinking strategy that allows us to make judgments & solve problems efficiently | 8 | |
| 8664323802 | Interneuron | Neurons in the brain & spinal cord (intervene between sensory and motor neurons) | 9 | |
| 8664330317 | Lobotomy | Surgical procedure cutting nerves connecting frontal lobes to the mid-brain | 10 | |
| 8664342582 | Narcolepsy | Sleep disorder - uncontrollable sleep attacks | 11 | |
| 8664345086 | Neurotransmitter | Chemical messengers that cross synaptic gaps | 12 | |
| 8664349301 | Retina | Inner surface of the eye (contains rods & cones) | 13 | |
| 8664353117 | Reuptake | Reabsorbtion of neurotransmitter by sending neuron | 14 | |
| 8664355858 | Structuralism | School of though that used introspection to explore the mind | 15 | |
| 8664362082 | Synapse | Space between the sending and receiving neuron | 16 | |
| 8664365585 | Thalamus | Receives sensory input and sends to appropriate receiving areas of the cortex | 17 | |
| 8664390808 | Transduction | Conversion of one form of energy into another (stimulus input to neural impulse) | 18 | |
| 8664405670 | Validity | Extent to which a test measures or predicts what it's suppose to | 19 | |
| 8664410007 | Vestibular Sense | Sense of body movement & position, including balance | 20 | |
| 8664415016 | Wernicke's Area | Controls language reception | 21 | |
| 8730228799 | Altruism | Unselfish regard for the welfare of others | 22 | |
| 8730232332 | Catharsis | Emotional Release | 23 | |
| 8730243949 | Homeostasis | Tendency to maintain a balanced (or constant) internal state (like temperature or blood-sugar level) | 24 | |
| 8730257857 | Morpheme | Smallest unit of meaning in a language | 25 | |
| 8730266301 | Regression | Defense mechanism - retreating to a more infantile stage | 26 | |
| 8730270451 | Set Point | Individual's "weight thermostat" | 27 | |
| 8730278438 | Somatoform Disorder | Psychological symptoms take on physical symptoms | 28 | |
| 8730286317 | Teratogen | Agents that cause harm to the developing baby | 29 |