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AP Psychology- Crash Course
Absolute Threshold - ✅✅ -The minimum intensity at which a stimulus can be
detected at least 50% of the time.

Accommodation - ✅✅ -The process of adjusting old schemas or developing
new ones to incorporate new information

According to Freud, dreams contain? - ✅✅-A storyline or manifest content that
consists of symbols.

Achievement Motivation - ✅✅-The drive to succeed, especially in competition
with others

Achievement Test - ✅✅-Tests what has been learned
Action Potential - ✅✅-A brief electrical impulse by which information is
transmitted along the axon of the neuron.

Aerial Perspective - ✅✅-Distant objects often appear hazy and blurred
compared to close objects.

Aggression - ✅✅-Refers to behavior that is intended to cause harm
Agonistic Drugs - ✅✅-Enhance a neurotransmitter's effect

Alfred Binet - ✅✅-Distinguished between the mental age and chronological age
in children. His formula cannot be used for adults.

Algorithm - ✅✅ -A logical, step-by-step procedure that, if followed correctly, will
eventually solve a problem.

All-or-Nothing Law - ✅✅ -The principle that either a neuron is sufficiently
stimulated and an action potential occurs or a neuron is not sufficiently stimulated
and an action potential does not occur.

Altruism - ✅✅-Unselfish regard for the welfare of others

,Amygdala - ✅✅ -An almond-shaped part of the limbic system linked to the
regulation of emotional responses, especially fear.

Animistic Thinking -✅✅-The belief that inanimate objects have feelings
Antagonistic Drugs - ✅✅-Inhibit a neurotransmitter's effect

Anterograde Amnesia - ✅✅-Causes people to be unable to form new
memories.

Antianxiety Drugs - ✅✅-Designed to reduce anxiety and produce relaxation by
lowering sympathetic activity of the brain (ex. xanax)

Antidepressant Drugs - ✅✅ -Designed to treat depression by inhibiting the
reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin (ex. Prozac)

Antipsychotic Drugs - ✅✅ -Designed to diminish or eliminate hallucinations,
delusions, and other symptoms of schizophrenia. Also known as neuroleptics.

Antisocial Personality Disorder - ✅✅ -Characterized by a profound disregard
for, and violation of, the rights of others. Sufferers lack a conscience and show no
remorse for actions that harm others. They often display insight into the
weaknesses of others and are surprisingly poised when confronted with their
destructive behavior.

Anxiety - ✅✅ -A feeling of tension, apprehension, and worry that occurs during
a personal crisis or the pressures of everyday life. This is a normal human
response to stress.

Approach-Approach Conflict - ✅✅ -Occurs when you are forced to choose
between two or more desirable alternatives that both lead to positive results

Approach-Avoidance Conflict - ✅✅ -Occurs when you are forced to choose an
alternative that will have both desirable and undesirable results

Aptitude Test - ✅✅-Tests performance

,Assimilation - ✅✅-The process of absorbing new information into an existing
schema ex. robins are a bird then calls all others birds

Attitude - ✅✅-A positive, negative, or neutral evaluation of a person, issue, or
object.

Attraction -✅✅-Refers to positive feelings toward another person
Authoritarian Style of Parenting - ✅✅-Parents set rigid rules, enforce strict
punishments, and rarely listen to their child's point of view.

Authoritative Style of Parenting - ✅✅
-Parents set firm rules, make reasonable
demands, and listen to their child's point of view while still insisting on
responsible behavior

Availability Heuristic - ✅✅ -Judging the likelihood of an event based on readily
available personal experiences or news reports.(News of a plane crash causes
you to drive instead of fly)

Aversion Therapy - ✅✅
-Uses the principles of classical conditioning to create
anxiety. Maladaptive behaviors are deliberately paired with an unpleasant
stimulus.

Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict - ✅✅
-Occurs when you are forced to choose
between two or more undesirable alternatives that will both lead to negative
results

Behavioral Perspective - ✅✅-Emphasizes observable behavior that can be
objectively measured.

Behavioral Perspective of Abnormal Behavior - ✅✅
-Stresses that abnormal
behavior is learned and focuses on how behavior was reinforced and rewarded.

Binocular Depth Cues - ✅✅-Require the use of both eyes to process distance
or depth cues.

, Biological Influences of Aggression - ✅✅-Evolutionary psychologists believe
that humans are instinctively aggressive

Biological Perspective - ✅✅ -Emphasizes genetics, the roles of various parts of
the brain, and the structure and function of individual nerve cells.

Biological Perspective of Abnormal Behavior - ✅✅ -Argues that many
psychological disorders are caused by hormonal or neurotransmitter imbalances,
differences in brain structure, and inherited predispositions.

Bipolar Disorder - ✅✅ -Characterized by periods of both depression and mania
(hyperactivity). Sufferers frequently exhibit racing thoughts, a shortened attention
span, and an inflated sense of importance.

Blind-Spot - ✅✅ -The point at the back of the retina where the optic nerve
leaves the eye, leaving no visual receptor cells. Our brains, however, fill in the
missing visual information so we do not notice the blind spot.

Case Study - ✅✅-An in-depth examination of a single research participant.
Catharisis Hypothesis - ✅✅-States that you should vent your frustration and
anger, however, expressing anger and frustration may lead to more anger and
frustration

Central Route to Persuasion - ✅✅ -When people focus on factual information,
logical arguments, and a thoughtful analysis of pertinent details

✅✅-The tendency to only focus on one aspect of a situation
Centration -

Cerebral Cortex - ✅✅-A thin surface layer on the cerebral hemispheres that
regulates most complex behavior, including sensations, motor control, and higher
mental process such as decision making.

Cerebral Hemispheres - ✅✅ -A nearly symmetrical left and right halves of the
cerebral cortex. The left hemisphere specializes in verbal and analytical
functions. The right hemisphere focuses on nonverbal abilities such as art and
music and visual recognition tasks.

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