AP Psychology Final. 2025

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Across
  1. 1. Brain’s ability to adapt and reorganize
  2. 4. _____________ Memory: Memory of facts and general knowledge
  3. 8. Process of bringing info out of memory
  4. 13. _____________ Nervous System: Voluntary muscles are controlled by this nervous system
  5. 15. Sudden sleep attacks characterize this disorder
  6. 18. Learning by watching others
  7. 19. Cognitive _____________: Mental discomfort caused by holding conflicting beliefs
  8. 20. Theory stating emotion comes after body response
  9. 24. Defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are redirected
  10. 25. _____________ Conditioning: Learning through rewards and punishments
  11. 27. Reinforcement after a specific number of responses
  12. 28. Institutional _____________ Board: Ethics board overseeing psychological research
  13. 31. A reinforcer that is learned, like money or grades
  14. 32. The "gateway" structure to the brain’s sensory areas
  15. 34. Mental shortcut using most typical example
  16. 37. Statistical index of the relationship between two variables
  17. 40. Tendency to remember first items in a list
  18. 41. _____________ Depressive Disorder: Depression characterized by long-term, low mood
  19. 43. Part of brain involved in motor control and balance
  20. 44. Hormone linked to bonding and social connection
  21. 47. _____________ Effect: Tendency to believe others notice us more than they actually do
  22. 48. A false belief, often found in schizophrenia
  23. 50. Fundamental _____________ Error: Explaining others behavior on their personality rather than situation
  24. 52. Tendency to believe, after the fact, that you knew it all along
  25. 54. Encoding info based on its meaning
  26. 55. Neurotransmitter associated with arousal and alertness
  27. 56. Standard deviation is a measure of this
  28. 57. _____________ Memory: Memory of personal life events
  29. 58. The sensory cortex is located in this lobe
  30. 59. Delusions of _____________ : Strong belief that others are out to get you
  31. 60. Sleep disorder involving pauses in breathing
  32. 62. Taking a phone away to increase sleep quality, for example
  33. 64. Brain structure essential for memory formation
  34. 67. Most common measure of variability in a data set
  35. 70. _____________ Interference: Occurs when old info interferes with new
  36. 72. Used in surveys to measure opinions or attitudes
  37. 73. Perspective focused on inherited traits and survival
  38. 74. Therapy technique where anxiety is gradually reduced
  39. 76. Psychologist known for the hierarchy of needs
  40. 77. Graph showing bell-shaped distribution
  41. 80. _____________ Learning: Learning that occurs suddenly without trial and error
  42. 81. Founder of psychoanalysis
  43. 83. Part of the brain involved in fear and aggression
  44. 84. Ability to focus on one stimulus among many
  45. 85. Research where both subjects and experimenters are unaware of treatment
  46. 86. The stage in Piaget's theory where conservation emerges
Down
  1. 2. Pavlov’s conditioning
  2. 3. The method of collecting data by watching subjects in natural environments
  3. 5. Mental shortcut that relies on examples that come to mind quickly
  4. 6. This neurotransmitter is linked to movement and reward
  5. 7. A research method using numbers and statistics
  6. 9. Interpreting new information in terms of existing schemas
  7. 10. Reinforcer that satisfies a biological need
  8. 11. Schedule of reinforcement that is unpredictable in time
  9. 12. Part of the brain that links nervous and endocrine systems
  10. 14. Neural firing principle which suggests a neuron fires or it doesn’t, regardless of intensity
  11. 16. Psychological term for "fake treatment"
  12. 17. Research method involving in-depth analysis of a single individual
  13. 21. Neuron type that carries messages to muscles
  14. 22. Cognitive phenomenon where recent info is better recalled
  15. 23. Mental set that prevents new uses for objects
  16. 26. The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus
  17. 29. Neurotransmitter involved in mood and sleep
  18. 30. Motivation driven by rewards or consequences
  19. 33. Theory that dreams are the brain’s attempt to make sense of neural activity
  20. 35. Giving bonus points to increase participation, for example
  21. 36. Data chart that shows the relationship between two variables
  22. 38. Brain hemisphere specializing in language
  23. 39. Encoding strategy of breaking information into groups
  24. 42. The body’s tendency to maintain balance
  25. 45. _____________ Nervous System: The "fight or flight" division of the autonomic nervous system
  26. 46. Measurement of central tendency often called the average
  27. 47. Psychologist known for operant conditioning
  28. 49. Refusal to accept reality as a defense mechanism
  29. 51. A belief that one's fate is determined by outside forces
  30. 53. Ethical principle requiring privacy of participant data
  31. 54. Mental rules or categories that help us interpret information
  32. 61. The illusion of movement in still images
  33. 63. A tiny gap between neurons
  34. 65. The body's master gland
  35. 66. False sensory perception
  36. 68. Changing schemas to incorporate new information
  37. 69. Bias where we seek out information to support our view
  38. 71. Rule-based way of solving problems that guarantees a solution
  39. 75. Brain lobe associated with vision
  40. 78. _____________ Learning: Learning that is not immediately shown in behavior
  41. 79. Group in an experiment that receives no treatment
  42. 82. Paradoxical sleep stage