AP Psych Exam Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. a “cell” that sends messages
  2. 4. developed the triarchic theory of intelligence: practical (the ability to get along in different contexts), creative (the ability to come up with new ideas), and analytical (the ability to evaluate information and solve problems)
  3. 6. reinforcement: when you do something to avoid a stimulus
  4. 7. coordinating voluntary movements, maintaining balance and posture, and contributing to motor learning and fine motor skills
  5. 9. darwinism philosophy that some people are just born more naturally capable and more intelligent than others
  6. 11. test for intelligence
  7. 14. type of motivation that is a desire to perform a behavior due to encouragement through rewards or fear of punishment
  8. 15. describes a person who is consistently manipulative, dishonest, unable to form emotional attachments or feel any sort of emotion
  9. 20. provides standards for judgement (conscience) and for future aspirations, AKA the angel on your shoulder
  10. 21. psychologist that conducted the Bobo doll experiment and believed heavily in observational learning through the social-learning theory
  11. 22. a device used to help memorize
  12. 24. acronym of a persistent strengthening of synaptic connections in the brain, believed to be a key mechanism underlying learning and memory
  13. 28. developed the theory of multiple intelligences that stated intelligence is distinct but works together in different categories: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and existential
  14. 29. type of motivation that is a desire to perform a behavior for its own sake
  15. 30. Typically shown as talk therapy, therapist tries to uncover childhood trauma or repressed emotions
  16. 32. Freud’s defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness
  17. 34. punishment: adding something bad as a stimulus as a result of a specific action or thing
  18. 35. type of intelligence that declines with age and is your ability to reason speedily
  19. 36. psychologist that developed the idea of classical conditioning
  20. 39. a person would lead more towards this direction if they were emotional (brain)
  21. 40. type of anxiety a baby of typically 13 months feels for their mother or parental figure that is safe and secure to them
  22. 41. unconsciously strives to fulfill pleasure and satisfy basic sexual and agressive drives, AKA the devil on your shoulder
  23. 42. part of the brain that helps to store long-term memories and part of its name belongs to an animal
  24. 43. Route of persuasion that relies more heavily on logic and facts
  25. 46. when the neutral stimulus fails to work in classical conditioning
  26. 48. psychologist who said intelligence is independent from each other and is composed of these 7 different categories: verbal comprehension, word fluency, number facility, spatial visualization, associative memory, perceptual speed, and reasoning
  27. 50. you want the most of this type of sleep to feel rested
  28. 51. Psychologist who created a hierarchy of needs, suggesting that certain needs take priority over others
  29. 52. type of memory where something is simply acted out but the person doesn’t know or declare what they know
  30. 54. approach supported by Carl Rogers; boosts self-fulfillment and self-awareness, therapist is mostly an active listener
  31. 55. Law that there is an optimal level of arousal, bell curve
  32. 56. presented his own theory of cognitive development
  33. 57. persistent and irrational fears of objects or situations that disrupt behavior
Down
  1. 1. Therapy that teaches people adaptive ways of thinking and acting based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions, supported by Aaron Beck
  2. 3. antidepressant medication
  3. 4. support systems used to help the learner get to the end goal (or the “how” of a guided lesson)
  4. 5. Therapy that focuses on eliminating unwanted behaviors using counterconditioning
  5. 8. reinforcement: reward given for an action
  6. 9. first stage of development in piaget theory from 0-2 months of age characterized by sensing the world around them, stranger anxiety, and object permanence
  7. 10. psychologist who presented the two-factor theory of intelligence with “g” or general intelligence and “s” specific intelligence
  8. 11. field of study of social behavior in the workplace or other organizations
  9. 12. presented the sociocultural theory of development
  10. 13. position effect in memorization where the things at the beginning can be memorized easier
  11. 16. colloquial name for the type of memory that is short-term
  12. 17. theory that a psychological need creates an aroused tension state that motivates one to satisfy their need (word includes - )
  13. 18. Law describes the difference threshold necessary to identify the smallest noticeable change in that stimulus
  14. 19. Rhythm sleep cycle
  15. 23. persistence of unwanted thoughts and urges to engage in senseless rituals
  16. 25. bottom tier of hierarchy of needs
  17. 26. punishment: having something good be taken away or withdrawn
  18. 27. developed the idea of operant conditioning
  19. 30. Following a traumatic event, having 4+ weeks of symptoms including haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, general sleep problems, etc.
  20. 31. mental molds we store our experiences in according to piaget
  21. 33. dissonance term that relates to the brain trying to make sense of two competing pieces of information
  22. 37. Psychoanalytic theory psychologist; focused on the unconscious mind, psychosexual stages, and defense mechanisms
  23. 38. describes a person with a general lack of remorse and shallow emotions, but guilt and empathy may be present in some cases
  24. 43. seeking out information that backs what you already believe in and ignoring information that contradicts your beliefs
  25. 44. a person would lean more towards this direction if they were logical (brain)
  26. 45. data that cannot be measured easily and involves more description and feelings rather than numbers and stats
  27. 47. memory loss
  28. 49. lobe of the brain associated with memory, hearing, emotion and language
  29. 53. swing back and forth between depression and mania, extreme lows and highs