First 50 Terms for AP Psych Exam

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Across
  1. 4. The way a problem is presented. Its presentation can affect how people view the problem and thus potentially affect decisions regarding the problem.
  2. 6. Came up with the concept of a mental age and created a standardized test as well to measure intelligence.
  3. 7. Neural impulse.
  4. 10. People have removed this in the case of severe epileptic seizures.
  5. 11. Thinking that gradually limits the number of possible solutions until the best solution is found.
  6. 12. Part of brain that directs muscle movements in order to enable speech.
  7. 13. Creator of the nativist theory of language acquisition.
  8. 15. Biomedical therapy treated on very depressed people. An electric current is sent through their brain.
  9. 16. In classical conditioning, the conditioning response wanes. In operant conditioning, the response is no longer reinforced.
  10. 17. Why the news is so polarized. we only look for information that corresponds with our beliefs and not for any information that would contradict us.
  11. 20. Theory that some of our motivated behaviors leads to an increase in arousal.
  12. 24. Creative thinkers think like this.
  13. 28. Stage in Piaget's theory when people begin to be able to think about thoughts in a logical manner (starts at like age 12).
  14. 29. A psychodynamic theorist that focused on the role of the ego and not so much the role of the unconscious. He also thought people were motivated by inferiority and superiority.
  15. 30. An example of this is retinal disparity.
  16. 32. Dream theory that states that neural activity during sleep causes random visual memories to arise. Our brain makes these into stories.
  17. 34. New information updates our existing schemas.
  18. 35. A neo-Freudian who created the psychosocial stage theory.
  19. 36. When something gets closer to us, our eyes have to move toward each other to keep it focused. it helps us understand how close objects are to us.
  20. 37. Jung said this was a part of the collective unconscious, and these were the universal concepts we all share as humans.
  21. 39. Cultural rules on when/how to express emotions. Therefore, these expressions are not universal to all cultures.
  22. 42. The stage in Piaget's theory when children gain the ability to think about concrete events logically (from 7-11 years).
  23. 43. Neuron unable to be excited to generate another action potential (doesn’t matter how intense the stimulus is).
  24. 44. 2 stimuli become linked in this type of learning and Pavlov's dog is an example of this.
  25. 45. Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism.
  26. 46. An example of using this is choosing to take the train after witnessing an airplane crash.
  27. 47. Takes info and connects it to things we already know.
  28. 48. Also known as just noticeable difference.
  29. 49. Effect where over time, intelligence scores increase over generations.
Down
  1. 1. It is a monocular cue where faraway objects tend to look blurred.
  2. 2. Minumum Stimulation needed to detect a sense half of the time.
  3. 3. Discovered that many facial expressions of emotion were universal (easily read by people from different cultures) (especially anger).
  4. 5. Research/study that tries to solve practical problems.
  5. 8. In Pavlov's dog, an example of this is the dog salivating.
  6. 9. The limit set by George Miller and the magic number 7 can be expanded through this.
  7. 11. Depends on one's span and the recency effect. the magic number 7 shows how much it is.
  8. 14. These are also known as motor neurons. They bring info from brain and spinal cord to glands and muscles.
  9. 18. Its two divisions include the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and it is a part of the peripheral nervous system.
  10. 19. Optimal period in life where exposure to certain experiences will enable normal development production.
  11. 21. When you need to feel a part of a group. This is why we have FOMO.
  12. 22. A defense mechanism where bad feelings are taken out on not the original source, but a less scary person/object. That is why they say you hurt the ones you love the most.
  13. 23. This follows the reality principle and is partially unconscious and partially conscious. Some say it is the mediator.
  14. 25. Ability to adjust to changes/experiences. Helps us grow and develop.
  15. 26. When a physiological need becomes more prominent, our psychological drive to reduce the need also becomes more prominent.
  16. 27. Visual perception phenomenon when a small light seems to move in a dark environment.
  17. 31. Creator of the social learning theory (modeling) and of reciprocal determinism and self-efficacy.
  18. 33. Guarantee a solution by trying every possible way of answering a problem.
  19. 38. When we are motivated to perform a certain behavior to attain promised rewards.
  20. 40. Learning and understanding in terms of our existing schemas.
  21. 41. A part of the neural impulse when the charge difference is lost, which allows the axon channels to open. This leads to action potential.