AP Psychology AP Review Flashcards

9659987854	psychology	the study of behavior and mental processes	0
9659987855	biological approach	genetics, close-relatives, body functions (approach)	1
9659987856	evolutionary approach	species - helped with survival (ancestors) (approach)	2
9659987857	psychodynamic approach	(Freud) subconscious, repressed feelings, unfulfilled wishes (approach)	3
9659987858	behavioral approach	learning (classical and operant) observed (approach)	4
9659987859	cognitive approach	thinking affects behavior (approach)	5
9659987860	humanistic approach	becoming a better human (behavior, acceptance) (approach)	6
9659987861	descriptive, correlational, and experimental	types of research methods	7
9659987862	case study	studies one person in depth may not be typical of population	8
9659987863	survey	studies lots of people not in depth	9
9659987864	naturalistic observation	observe + write facts without interference	10
9659987865	correlational method	shows relation, but not cause/effect scatterplots show research	11
9659987866	experimental method	does show cause and effect	12
9659987867	sample	actual people who will be used (randomness reduces bias)	13
9659987868	random assignment	chance selection between experimental and control groups	14
9659987869	control group	not receiving experimental treatment receives placebo	15
9659987870	experimental group	receiving treatment/drug	16
9659987871	independent variable	drug/procedure/treatment	17
9659987872	dependent variable	outcome of using the drug/treatment	18
9659987873	confounding variable	can affect dependent variable beyond experiment's control	19
9659987874	scientific method	theory hypothesis operational definition revision	20
9659987875	theory	general idea being tested	21
9659987876	hypothesis	measurable/specific statement	22
9659987877	sensory neurons	travel from sensory receptors to brain	23
9659987878	motor neurons	travel from brain to "motor" workings	24
9659987879	interneurons	(in brain and spinal cord) connecting motor and sensory neurons	25
9659987897	neuron		26
9659987880	neurotransmitters	chemical messengers	27
9659987881	excitatory charge	"Let's do it!"	28
9659987882	inhibitory charge	"Let's not do it!"	29
9659987883	central nervous system	brain and spinal cord are part of the	30
9659987884	peripheral nervous system	somatic nervous system autonomic nervous system	31
9659987885	somatic nervous system	voluntary movements are controlled by	32
9659987886	autonomic nervous system	involuntary movements (sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems)	33
9659987887	sympathetic nervous system	arousing	34
9659987888	parasympathetic nervous system	calming	35
9659987889	endocrine system	slow uses hormones in the blood system	36
9659987890	master gland	pituitary gland	37
9659987891	frontal lobe	judgement, personality, processing (Phineas Gage accident) (part of brain)	38
9659987892	parietal lobe	math and spatial reasoning (part of brain)	39
9659987893	temporal lobe	audition and recognizing faces (part of brain)	40
9659987894	occipital lobe	vision (part of brain)	41
9659987895	corpus callosum	split in the brain to stop hyper-communication (eliminate epileptic seizures)	42