AP Psych Final

Who founded functionalism? (Chapter 1)

Nature vs. Nurture- define and know examples of? (Chapter 1)

Who established the first psychological laboratory? (Chapter 1)

What is a double blind procedure? (Chapter 1)

What is naturalistic observation? (Chapter 1)

Double blind procedures minimize outcome differences between experimental and control conditions that can be attributed? (Chapter 1)

Dependent variable in an experiment? (Chapter 1)

What is mode? (Chapter 1)

How to calculate the mean? (Chapter 1)

Which method runs a risk of collecting evidence that may be unrepresentative of what is generally true? (Chapter 1)

A correlation of +.70 between height and popularity indicates that? (Chapter 1)

Control conditions represent what in different experiments? (Chapter 1)

Independent variable in an experiment? (Chapter 1)

What is median? (Chapter 1)

Explain phrenology. (Chapter 2)

What is the function of dendrites? (Chapter 2)

What is the longest part of a motor neuron? (Chapter 2)

What is the name of the fatty substance found on some neurons which prevents cross circuiting? (Chapter 2)

What is the minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse known as? (Chapter 2)

What is the microscopic gap between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron called? (Chapter 2)

What are the functions of neurotransmitters? (Chapter 2)

Alzheimer’s disease is closely linked to this neurotransmitter? (Chapter 2)

Too many dopamine receptors are linked to what psychological disorder? (Chapter 2)

Too little serotonin is linked to two classes of disorders. What are they? (Chapter 2)

What are agonists? (Chapter 2)

What are antagonists? (Chapter 2)

What are interneurons? (Chapter 2)

Why are most psychological disorders often referred to as “chemical imbalances”? (Chapter 2)

The knee jerk response is processed by what type of neurons and where are they located? (Chapter 2)

The surgical destruction of the brain is called? (Chapter 2)