AP PSYCH REVIEW 612 WORDS

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ALL VOCAB FROM ALL AP PSYCH UNITS! NOT MY SET!! EXPORTED FROM A_HANSARD'S SET ON QUIZLET

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Empiricism

The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should therefore rely on observation and experimentation.

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Structuralism

Developed by Edward Bradford Titchener, it focused on self-reflection and introspection. Highly unreliable.

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Functionalism

A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.

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Experimental Psychology

The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method.

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Behaviorism

Behavior is learned. It is a result of reinforcements, punishments, and observation

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Humanistic Psychology

Focuses on uniquely human issues, such as the self, hope, love, being, becoming, individuality.  Hopeful that we can improve. It is the perspective that looks at how we will all grow and improve.

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Cognitive perspective

How people perceive, remember, THINK, speak, and solve problems.

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Psychology

The science of behavior and mental processes.

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Nature-Nurture Issue

The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of the two.

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Natural Selection

The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.

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Levels of Analysis

The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon.

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Biopsychosocial Approach

An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis.

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Biological Psychology

behavior is a result of the wiring, structures, and chemicals in our brains and the hormones in our blood.

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Evolutionary Psychology

Our behavior is a result of thousands of years of adaptation and natural selection.

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Psychodynamic Psychology

Our unconscious mind plays a huge role in everything we do and our behavior.

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Behavioral Psychology

behavior is learned through reinforcements, punishments, and observation.

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Cognitive Psychology

The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

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Social-Cultural Psychology

The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking.

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Psychometrics

The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits.

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Basic Research

One of the two main types of research, pure research that aims to confirm an existing theory or to learn more about a concept or phenomenon

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Developmental Psychology

A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.

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Educational Psychology

The study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning.

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Personality Psychology

The study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

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Social Psychology

The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.

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Applied Research

One of the two main types of research, conducted specifically to solve practical problems and improve the quality of life.

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Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology

The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces.

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Human Factors Psychology

A branch of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use.

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Counseling Psychology

A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being.

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Clinical Psychology

A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.

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Psychiatry

A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who often provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy.

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SQ3R

A study method incorporating five steps Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, Review.

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Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.)

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Critical Thinking

Thinking that doesn’t blindly accept arguments or conclusions without analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting the information objectively and logically.

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Theory

A well though out idea that helps us understand an idea through evidence and observations.

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Hypothesis

A testable prediction, often implied by a theory.

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Operational Definition

A clear recipe for how to measure or record something that it can be replicated.

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Replication

Repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances.

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Case Study

An observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.

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Survey

a set of questions asked to participants that relate to the topic being studied.

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Population

the group of people being studies from which samples may be drawn.

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Random Sample

randomly picking people out of a population where everyone has equal chance of being a part of the study.

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Naturalistic Observation

Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation.

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Correlation

The measure of the relationship between two variables.

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Correlation Coefficient

measures how strong a correlation is and whether they are positively (upward trend) or negatively (downward trend) correlated.

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Scatterplot

A graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables.

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Illusory Correlation

The perception of a relationship where none exists.

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Experiment

A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable). By random assignment of participants, the investigator aims to control other relevant factors.

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Random Assignment

Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups.

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Double-Blind Procedure

Neither the research staff nor the participants know who belongs to the control group and the experimental group.

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Placebo Effect

Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active agent.

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Experimental Group

In an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable.

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Control Group

In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.

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Independent Variable

The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.

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Confounding Variable

A factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment.

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Dependent Variable

The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

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Mode

The most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution.

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Mean

The arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores.

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Median

The middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half are below it.

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Range

The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution.

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Standard Deviation

A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score.

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Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shape that describes the distribution of many types of data; most scores fall near the mean (68 percent fall within one standard deviation of it) and fewer and fewer near the extremes.

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Statistical Significance

A statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance.

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Culture

The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.

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Informed Consent

An ethical principle that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.

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Debriefing

The post-experimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants.

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Biological Psychology

a branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior.

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Neuron

a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system.

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Sensory Neurons

neurons that carry info from sensory receptors to the CNS

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Motor Neurons

Neurons that carry info from the CNS to the muscles and glands

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Interneurons

neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs.

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Dendrites

they are branch like extensions on neurons that receive incoming messages from other neurons and transmit to the cell body. (they’re like antennas)

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Axon

they are the projections that transmit signals away from the cell body and to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

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Myelin Sheath

a layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one node to the next.

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Action Potential

a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon.

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Threshold

the level of stimulation required to trigger an action potential.

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Synapse

The small gape between two neurons where they communicate by releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters.

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Neurotransmitters

chemical messengers that travel between synapses to transmit signals between neurons

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Reuptake

a neurotransmitter's reabsorption by the sending neuron.

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Endorphins

natural neurotransmitters that function in pain control and pleasure. - opiates are the unnatural versions.

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Nervous System

the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems.

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

the brain and spinal cord.

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of the body.

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Nerves

bundled axons that form neural "cables" connecting the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs.

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Somatic Nervous System

the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system.

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Autonomic Nervous System

the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart). Its sympathetic division arouses; its parasympathetic division calms.

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Sympathetic Nervous System

arouses the body during stress and responsible for fight or flight response. Causes your heart rate to increase, dilate your pupils, heighten alterness.

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.

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Reflex

a simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee-jerk response.

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Endocrine System

the body's "slow" chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream.

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Hormones

chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream, and affect other tissues.

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Adrenal Glands

a pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and secrete hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine) that help arouse the body in times of stress.

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Pituitary Gland

the endocrine system's most influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.

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Lesion

tissue destruction. A naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue.

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface. These waves are measured by electrodes placed on the scalp.

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Computed Tomography (CT) scan

a series of X-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer into a composite representation of a slice through the body. Also called CAT scan.

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan

a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue. They scans show brain anatomy.

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

a technique for revealing bloodflow and, therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans. These scans show brain function.

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Brainstem

the oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; It is responsible for automatic survival functions.

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Medulla

the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing.

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