ap psych sem 1 midterm

biological perspective

brain, genes, nervous system

behavioral perspective

observable behavior

cognitive perspective

thinking, memory, perception

humanistic perspective

free will, personal growth

psychodynamic perspective

unconscious motives

sociocultural perspective

environment + culture influence behavior

experiment

cause and effect

correlational study

relationship

survey

self-report data

case study

deep study of one person

naturalistic observation

observe in real world

IV

what you change

DV

what you measure

control group

no treatment

experimental group

receives IV

random assignment

makes groups fair

positive correlation

both increase together

negative correlation

one increases, other decreases

ethics list

informed consent, confidentiality, debriefing, no harm to participants

dendrites

receive messages

axon

sends messages

myelin sheath

speeds up signals

synapse

gap between neurons

neurotransmitters

chemical messengers

CNS

brain + spinal cord

PNS

connects CNS to body

somatic

voluntary movement

autonomic

automatic functions

sympathetic

fight/flight

parasympathetic

rest/digest

frontal lobe

decision making, personality, planning

parietal lobe

touch, spatial awareness

occipital lobe

vision

temporal lobe

hearing, language

cerebellum

balance and coordination

amygdala

fear and emotion

hippocampus

memory formation

thalamus

sensory relay station

sensation

detects stimulus (bottom up)

perception

interpreting stimulus (top down)

absolute threshold

minimum detectable signal

difference threshold

smallest detectable difference

retina

light receptor layer

rods

black and white, low light

cones

color and detail

rem rebound

more rem after sleep loss