AP Psychology Flashcards

9800908988	Drive-Reduction Theory	Theory that views motivated behavior as directed toward the reduction of a physiological need	0
9800911861	Dopamine	A neurotransmitter that influences movement, learning, attention and emotion.	1
9800911862	External Cues	When the goal is to produce a better objective performance	2
9800915016	Intrinsic Motivation	A desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake	3
9800915017	Somatosensory Cortex	A brain area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body sensations	4
9800925167	Basilar Membrane	Membrane supporting the organ of Corti and hair cells in the cochlea	5
9800928602	Social Facilitation	Stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others	6
9800930609	Implicit Memory	Memories we don't deliberately remember or reflect on consciously	7
9800932587	Motor Neurons	Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands.	8
9800932588	Retinal Display	the differences between the images stimulating each eye	9
9800935772	Heuristic	A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently	10
9800937046	Procedural Memory	A type of implicit memory that involves motor skills and behavioral habits	11
9800941402	Inattentional Blindness	failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere	12
9800943105	Distributed Practice	spacing the study of material to be remembered by including breaks between study periods	13
9800945682	General Adaptation Syndrome	Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion	14
9800947342	Big Five Personality Traits	1. Openness 2. Conscientiousness 3. Extraversion 4. Agreeableness 5. Neuroticism	15
9800950395	Self-fulfilling Prophecy	when a person unknowingly causes a prediction to come true, due to the simple fact that he or she expects it to come true.	16
9800953110	Confirmation Bias	A tendency to search for information that confirms one's preconceptions	17