ap psych midterm review

Know the Approaches: 

Psychodynamic - 

Cognitive

Evolutionary

Sociocultural

Random Assignment v Random Sample

Standard Deviation

Ethical Guidelines

Correlation Coefficient

Scatterplot

Parasympathetic v Sympathetic Nervous Systems

Autonomic v Somatic Nervous System

Know your Hormones and Neurotransmitters from your “project”

Agonist v Antagonist

Actional Potential of a Neuron

Placebo Effect

Brain Plasticity

Broca v Wernick Area

Brain Parts

Cerebellum

Medulla

Hippocampus

Amygdala

Hypothalamus - Lateral & Ventromedial 

Visual Cortex

Circadian Rhythm

Sleep Deprivation

REM Sleep and Sleep Cycle

Sleep Disorders

Narcolepsy

Insomnia

Sleep Apnia

Opponent Process v Trichromatic

Difference Threshold

Just-Noticeable Difference

Signal-detection theory

Cones v Rods

Transduction

Constancy

Gestalt Principles

Figure-Ground

Closure

Proximity

Shape Constancy

Inattentional blindness

Framing

Hindsight Bias

Algorithm 

Representative v Availability Heuristic

Effortful vs Automatic Processing

Semantic encoding

Serial Position Effect

Primacy v Recency

Amnesia

Anterograde amnesia

Retrograde amnesia

Memory consolidation

Short Term Memory v Long Term Memory

Proactive Interference v Retroactive Interference

Encoding Failure v Retrieval Failure

Forgetting Curve

Misinformation Effect

Tip of the Tongue

Intelligence - g 

The Flynn Effect

Valid v Reliability v Standardized

  Maturation

Sensitive Period of cognitive development

Primary v Secondary Sex Characteristics

Teratogens

Sex Chromosomes 

Gender stereotypes

Gender roles

Object Permanence

Conservation

Theory of Mind

Egocentrism

Assimilation v Accommodation

Piaget's Levels of Cognitive Development

Zone of Proximal Development