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 - 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 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...

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 2 Biological Bases of Behavior Pages 98 - 106 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School Year Lesion - ANS-Tissue destruction. A brain lesion is a naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue. EEG (Electroencephalogram) - ANS-An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity sweeping across the brain's surface. These waves are measured by electrodes places on the scalp. MEG(Magnetoencephalography) - ANS-A brain...

AP Psychology Textbook Reading Assignment Unit 2 Biological Bases of Behavior Pages 98 - 106 Junior Year Semester 1 2022 - 2023 School Year