AP Psych 50 terms

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Across
  1. 1. period when the neuron cannot be excited to generate a second action potential
  2. 3. Most adults can store between 5 and 9 items in their short-term memory
  3. 5. minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time
  4. 6. Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory
  5. 8. REM sleep triggers neural activity that evokes random visual memories, which our sleeping brain weaves into stories
  6. 10. created the social learning theory
  7. 13. a person's need to feel a sense of involvement and "belonging" within a social group
  8. 15. The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time.
  9. 17. pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions
  10. 18. scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
  11. 20. large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
  12. 23. he learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus
  13. 25. the linking of new information to material that is already known
  14. 28. founder of the school of individual psychology
  15. 29. when a stationary, small point of light in an otherwise dark or featureless environment appears to move
  16. 30. stage from age 12 to adulthood where kids gain the ability to think in an abstract manner by manipulating ideas in their head.
  17. 31. Depth cues, such as retinal disparity and convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.
  18. 34. ego psychologist who developed one of the most popular and influential theories of development
  19. 35. organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
  20. 37. the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance
  21. 39. brief electrical charge that travels down the axon
  22. 41. Interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas
  23. 42. individual's ability to adjust to changes and new experiences, and to accept new information
  24. 43. Psychoanalytic defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person
  25. 45. a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions
  26. 46. when the solution to a problem can be deduced by applying established rules and logical reasoning
  27. 47. the cell undergoes a shift in electric charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell
Down
  1. 2. asts around seven to eleven years of age, and is characterized by the development of organized and rational thinking
  2. 4. increase in both fluid and crystallized intelligence test scores over generations
  3. 7. Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extraversion, and Neuroticism
  4. 8. step-by-step procedures that guarantee a solution
  5. 9. people are driven to perform actions in order to maintain an optimum level of physiological arousal
  6. 11. typical example of a certain person or thing
  7. 12. a social group or culture's informal norms that distinguish how one should express themselves
  8. 14. dea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.
  9. 16. optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development.
  10. 18. process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina.
  11. 19. art of the nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
  12. 21. type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli
  13. 22. invented the first practical IQ test, the Binet–Simon test
  14. 24. binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which the eyes converge inward when looking at an object.
  15. 26. a tangible and visible reward given to an individual or an employee for achieving something
  16. 27. Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
  17. 32. tendency to search for information that confirms one's preconceptions.
  18. 33. the nerves responsible for carrying signals away from the central nervous system in order to initiate an action
  19. 36. argued that linguistics should be a branch of cognitive psychology
  20. 38. form of psychiatric treatment that involves inducing seizures with the use of electrical stimulation
  21. 40. fading of non-reinforced conditioned response over time
  22. 44. the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality.