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1 AP Psych Review 1. ablation: removal or destruction of brain tissue in a surgical procedure 2. absolute threshold: intensity level at which one can detect a stimulus 50% of the time 3. accommodation: the process of modifying a schema to account for new information; the process of the eyes lens changing shape in order to focus on distant or near objects 4. acetylcholine (ACh): a neurotransmitter involved in learning, memory and muscle movement 5. achievement test: a test that assesses what one has learned 6. acquisition: a process in classical conditioning by which the association of a neutral stimulus with a natural stimulus is first established 7. action potential: the electrical process by which information is transmitted the length of an axon

Alzheimer's

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Aging-associated diseases
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Alois Alzheimer
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Alzheimer's By: Diana Khoroshenko & Wei Li What is Alzheimer's? Most common form of dementia Causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior Disease that prevents parts of a cell's factory from running well Worsens over time, eventually leading to death History Discovered in 1906 by Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physician Collection of a brain cell abnormalities were identified succeeding a patient's death after years of severe memory problems, confusion and difficulty understanding questions Plaques and tangles were found in the brain during autopsy Since the discovery, there have been many scientific breakthroughs Stages of Alzheimer's Disease There are 3 stages: 1. Mild- minor memory loss and mood swings, slow to learn and react

AP Psychology - Unit 2 (Research Methods) Outline

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Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science The Need for Psychological Science Much of contemporary psychological science documents a vast intuitive mind. Intuition is important, but we often underestimate its perils. Two phenomena?hindsight bias and judgmental overconfidence?illustrate why we cannot rely solely on intuition and common sense. Did We Know It All Along? Hindsight Bias The term ?hindsight bias? refers to the tendency to believe, after learning and outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.) Errors in out recollections and explanations show why we need psychological research. Common sense more easily describes what has happened than what will happen.

AP Psychology - Unit 6 (Learning) Outline

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Operant conditioning
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Extinction
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Unit 6 ? Learning How Do We Learn? Learning is defined as ?a relatively permanent behavior change due to experience.? Associative learning is learning certain events that occur together. Conditioning is the process of learning associations. In classical conditioning, we learn to associate two stimuli in order to anticipate events, for instance wincing after lighting in anticipation of thunder. In operant conditioning, we learn to associate our behavior and its consequence and thus to repeat acts followed by good results and avoid acts followed by bad results. For example, a cat who receives a treat after performing an action is more likely to repeat that action. 'Habituation' describes an organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it.

AP Psychology Therapy/Treatment Outline

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Joshua Kohan AP Psychology Therapy/Treatment Outline Therapy Psychotherapy- an emotionally charges, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties Eclectic Approach- an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client?s problems, uses or integrates techniques from various forms of therapy (also know as psychotherapy integration ? Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis- Freud believed the patient?s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences- and the therapist?s interpretations of them- released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight Resistance- blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material

AP Psychology Emotion Outline

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James–Lange theory
Cannon–Bard theory
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Emotion Outline Emotion- a response of the whole organism Physiological arousal Expressive behaviors Conscious experience Emotional Arousal Autonomic nervous system controls physiological arousal Arousal and Performance- Performance peaks at lower levels of arousal for difficult tasks, and at higher levels for easy or well-learned tasks. ? Emotion-Lie Detectors Polygraph- machine that is commonly used in attempt to detect lies; measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (i.e. perspiration, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing changes0 Control Question Up to age 18, did you ever physically harm anyone? Relevant Question Did the deceased threaten to harm you in any way? RELEVANT > CONTROL ! LIE Is 70% accuracy good?

The Story of Psychology

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PSYCHOLOGY (8th Edition) David Myers PowerPoint Slides Aneeq Ahmad Henderson State University Worth Publishers, ? 2006 Thinking Critically with Psychological Science Chapter 1 Thinking Critically with Psychological Science The Need for Psychological Science The limits of Intuition and Common Sense The Scientific Attitude The Scientific Method Thinking Critically ? Description The Case Study The Survey Naturalistic Observation Thinking Critically ? Correlation Correlation and Causation Illusory Correlation Perceiving Order in Random Events Thinking Critically ? Experimentation Exploring Cause and Effect Evaluating Therapies Independent and Dependent Variables Thinking Critically ? Statistical Reasoning Describing Data Making Inferences FAQs About Psychology

addictions

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Nikki Dyer Final Paper Addictions 11 4-18-2012 Sex, who doesn?t love sex? Well people who suffer from sex addiction and it isn?t that they don?t love sex because well they are addicted and they became addicted from loving the act too much, however it can bring shame to a persons soul and life. The effects of sex addiction can wreak havoc to family, relationships, and work. Emotionally it can bring anxiety, stress, and resentment as well as confusion. As the addicted person continues to use and abuse they will most likely slowly abandon family and responsibility, which could cause serious repercussions like losing a home or job and many other things.

Special Populations

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Nikki Dyer ADCT 13 Final Paper Endless Battle Aids is a battle that just doesn?t stop, it is however being examined and every day it seems like something new is developing to cure the disease or at least help people who are HIV positive live a healthy and normal life. Aids/HIV first started to appear in the mid to late 1970?s, however no one knew what it was or how to treat and care for it. It wasn?t until the 1980?s that people were showing up with Kaposi?s sarcoma before it was showing up in younger people KS were found more in older people, By the time it was 1981 there were 8 or more cases of aggressive forms of KS appearing in young gay men in New York.

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