Unior year semester 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AP Psychology Textbook Reading Assignment Unit 6 Pages 454 - 462 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School (A+) Cognition - ANSWER- All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. Schema - ANSWER- A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information. Assimilation - ANSWER- Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas. Accommodation - ANSWER- Adapting our current understandings to incorporate new informa...

AP Psychology Textbook Reading Assignment Unit 3 States of Consciousness Pages 180 - 190 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School A+ Psychoactive Drug - Correct Answer-A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. Substance Use Disorder - Correct Answer-A disorder characterized by continued substance craving and use despite significant life disruption or physical risk. Tolerance - Correct Answer-The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requir...

AP Psychology Textbook Reading Assignment Unit 3 States of Consciousness Pages 180 - 190 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School (A+) Psychoactive Drug - ANSWER-A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. Substance Use Disorder - ANSWER-A disorder characterized by continued substance craving and use despite significant life disruption or physical risk. Tolerance - ANSWER-The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take la...

AP Psychology Textbook Reading Assignment Unit 3 States of Consciousness Pages 158 - 165 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School (A+ Grade Solution Update) Sleep - ANSWER-A periodic, natural loss of consciousness as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation. Circadian Rhythm - ANSWER-Our biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour-cycle. REM Sleep - ANSWER-Rapid eye movement sleep; a recurring sleep stage during wh...

AP Psychology Textbook Reading Assignment Unit 3 States of Consciousness Pages 168 - 178 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School (A+ Grade Solution) Insomnia - ANSWER-Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep. Narcolepsy - ANSWER-A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times. Sleep Apnea - ANSWER-A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and rep...

Cognition correct answerAll the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. Schema correct answerA concept or framework that organizes and interprets information. Assimilation correct answerInterpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas. Accommodation correct answerAdapting our current understandings to incorporate new information. Sensorimotor Stage correct answerIn Piaget's theory, the stage during which infants know the w...

AP Psychology Textbook Reading Assignment Unit 2 Biological Bases of Behavior Pages 79 - 89 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School Year (A+ Grade Solution Update) Neuron - ANSWER-A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system. Cell Body - ANSWER-The part of a neuron that contains the nucleus; the cell's lifesupport center. Dendrites - ANSWER-A neuron's often bushy, branching extensions that pass messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands....