AP Psychology AP test – 2021

Product of parents vs environment

Looking deeper into why we do what we do and why we are who we are (Mind and Body)

Does not ask why, looks at what and only surface

What is observable behavior, based on environment, phobia. John Watson

Originated with Sigmund Freud, who emphasized unconscious motivations and conflicts, the importance of early childhood experiences, talks deeply, evil thoughts and reasoning.

Touch/feely, why you do what you do, safe in the room, connect with the patient, "walk in their shoes"

Medication, alters brain chemistry, Psychiatrist

behavior and mental processes are determined by adapting to the environment to survive

Thought, challenge thoughts and need to think different, thought process, tries to change mind

Society and culture impact on who you are as a person, focus on how surroundings effect the patient

Integrated approaches between biological, psychological, and socially. Looking at different aspects

First female president of the APA

First person in 1800s who said "why are we not helping these people". Referring to mentally ill people

First woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology

Father of structuralism - why

Functionalist - Why - F*ck James

USA structuralist, 1st APA president, created 1st lab in US at Johns Hopkins

A psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances/illnesses

A psychologist whose main purpose is to give advice

a psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures/ages

A psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn, tutors, teachers

A psychologist who study and try to improve the relationships between human beings and the computers and other machines they use.

a psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers

A psychologist who applies psychology to law and legal proceedings, Ex. profiling

A psychologist/therapist who works with the elderly, with the "later in life" transition

A psychologist who studies the relationships between psychological factors and health issues

A psychologist who explore the relationships between brain/nervous systems and behavior

A psychologist who specialize in measuring psychological traits such as intelligence and personality, data, tests

A psychologists who serve with physicians, nurses, counselors, and social workers to treat patients with both physical and mental disorders, also addiction

A psychologist who helps students with problems that interfere with learning

A psychologist who apply psychology to understanding and improving athletic performance

What kind of subjects you want to work with, specific traits of people for study (research)

A small group within the population that participates (research)

A factor that effects your subjects other than the independent variable (research)

everyone has an equal chance of being selected but not everyone is (research)

Placing participants into the conditions of an experiment in such a way that each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any level of the independent variable (research)

What we are manipulating (research)

A variable that is not changed (research)

Comparing one group to another (research)

Using the same group to compare them in both situations (research)

When measuring a qualitative dependent variable it turns it into a number. (research). Ex: SAT, ACT

the influence of the experimenter's expectations on the outcome of research (research)

Subject thinks they should respond a certain way based on what they know or think they know (research)

Subjects do not know what they will be studied for (research)

Neither the experimenter nor the subject knows to what group the subjects are being tested on (research)

Fake variable, when people do now know what they received but pretend because they think they are suppose to act a certain way. (research)

Somewhat, can not completely control the independent variable. Ex: giving birth (research)

The strong connection between two thing, Higher number = closer relationship (research)

Study of a small group of people or one person. Case = person (research)

General term talking about someone who is in on experiment but deceiving subjects(research)

Predicts the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable. Ex: If you wear a mask, you are less likely to catch covid (research)

States the association between co-variables. Ex: The more you wear a mask outside the house, the less likely you will catch covid. (research)

mean, median, mode

range, variance, standard deviation

Present a large set of data, 0=standard deviation mean, 68%=Average, 95%=little above and little below, 99%=most to least

Positive = mean is too low, Negative = mean is too high

Language, speech, understanding. (brain)

Information about form, space, music, and entire patterns. (brain)

Wernicke's Area(brain)

Broca's Area(brain)

Enable two hemispheres to be able to communicate (brain)

Involuntary movements (brain)

Voluntary movements (brain)

Fight or flight trama - scared(brain)

Rest and digest - calm, resting state(brain)

Personality change after injury severed the connection between his limbic system and frontal cortex. Revealed the relationship between frontal lobes and control of emotional behavior. (brain)

Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe

"Your brain developed in 3 stages" Reptilien - most satisfied, oldest Old Mamalian brain - middle New Mamalian brain - newest part in the brain

Peaks in brain, physical structure

Valleys in brain, physical structure

A hindbrain structure that connects the medulla to the two sides of the cerebellum; helps coordinate and integrate movements on each side of the body(brain)

The base of the brainstem in the hindbrain; controls heartbeat and breathing, life support(brain)

coordinates voluntary movement & balance (walking, shaking hands, etc.); also involved in learning & memory, judging time, emotions, distinguishing sounds/textures. If damage = jerky (brain)

Relays messages between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex, Taste, touch, sight, sound (brain)

a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs eating, drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion. Fight or flight. (brain)

Emotional regulation - memories can be triggered by emotion (brain)

Learning and memory - long term memory consolidation (brain)