AP Pysch Flashcards

Decks in this Class (16):

• Psychology S History And Approaches

  Psychology's History and Approaches

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  empiricism,

  structuralism,

  functionalism
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• Research Methods

  Research Methods

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  the tendency to believe after learning a,

  thinking that does not blindly accept ar,

  a testable prediction often implied by t
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• Memory

  Memory

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  the persistence of learning overtime thr,

  the processing of information into the m,

  the retention of encoded information ove
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• Neural Processing The Endocrine System

  Neural Processing & The Endocrine System

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  a branch of psychology concerned with th,

  a nerve cell the basic building block of,

  neurons that carry incoming information
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• The Brain

  The Brain

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  tissue destruction a brain lesion is nat,

  an amplified recording of the waves of e,

  a visual display of brain activity that
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• Genetics Evolutionary Psychology And Beh

  Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, And Behavior

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  the study of the relative power and limi,

  every nongenetic influence from prenatal,

  threadlike structures made of dna molecu
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• Learning

  Learning

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  a relatively permanent change in an orga,

  in organisms decreasing response to the,

  learning that certain events occur toget
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• Sensation And Perception

  Sensation And Perception

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  the process by which our sensory recepto,

  the process of organizing and interpreti,

  analysis that begins with the sensory re
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• States Of Consciousness

  States Of Consciousness

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  our awareness of ourselves and our envir,

  the biological clock regular bodily rhyt,

  rapid eye movement sleep a reoccurring s
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• Cognition

  Cognition

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  the mental activities associated with th,

  a mental grouping of similar objects eve,

  a mental image or best example of a cate
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• Testing And Individual Differences

  Testing And Individual Differences

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  a method for assessing and individuals m,

  mental quality consisting of the ability,

  a general intelligence factor that accor
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• Motivation And Emotion

  Motivation And Emotion

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  a need or desire that energizes and dire,

  a complex behavior that is rigidly patte,

  the idea that a physiological need creat
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• Motivation And Emotion

  Motivation And Emotion

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  a response of the whole organism involvi,

  the theory that our experience of emotio,

  the theory that the motion arousing stim
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• Abnormal Psychology

  Abnormal Psychology

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  deviant distressful and dysfunctional pa,

  a psychological disorder marked by the a,

  the concept that diseases in this case p
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• Treatment Of Psychological Disorders

  Treatment Of Psychological Disorders

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  an approach to psychotherapy that depend,

  treatment involving psychological techni,

  freud s therapeutic technique freud beli
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• Social Psychology

  Social Psychology

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  scientific study of how we think about a,

  theory that we explain someone s by cred,

  the tendency for observers when analyzin
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