AP Psych Fall Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. threshold that is the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time
  2. 3. A characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer-reports
  3. 7. conversion of one form of energy into another; in sensation, into neural impulses our brain can interpret
  4. 10. The largely conscious "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality
  5. 11. perseverance that involves clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
  6. 13. type of thinking that involves narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution
  7. 14. test designed to predict a person's future performance
  8. 15. type of facilitation that is improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others
  9. 18. variable other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment
  10. 20. the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response
  11. 22. type of amnesia that is a faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined
  12. 23. A molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, inhibits or blocks a response
  13. 24. A molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a response
  14. 26. assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between the different groups
  15. 27. intelligence which is our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age, especially during late adulthood
  16. 28. retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions. The cones detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations
Down
  1. 1. Type of potential that is a neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
  2. 2. the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
  3. 4. test designed to assess what a person has learned
  4. 5. effect in which experimental results are caused by expectations alone
  5. 6. thinking that expands the number of possible problem solutions
  6. 8. coefficient that measures the relationship between two variables from -1 to +1
  7. 9. type of blindness when you fail to notice alterations in the environment
  8. 12. the necessary post-experimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants
  9. 14. type of processing which is unconscious encoding of incidental information
  10. 16. processing that is encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
  11. 17. The part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations
  12. 19. According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. Today, information processing of which we are unaware
  13. 21. adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
  14. 25. cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons