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AP Psychology Midterm Exam
Study Guide – 12/2015
Unit 1
Empiricism
Structuralism
Functionalism
Experimental Psychology
Behaviorism
Humanistic Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology
Nature-Nurture Issue
Natural selection
Levels of Analysis
BioPsychoSocial Approach
Biological Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Behavioral Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Social-Cultural Psychology
Psychometrics
Basic Research
Developmental Psychology
Educational Psychology
Personality Psychology
social Psychology
Applied Research
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Human Factors Psychology
Counseling psychology
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry
SQ3R
Aristotle
Mary Whiton Calkins
Charles Darwin
Sigmund Freud
William James
John Locke
Abraham Maslow
Plato
B. F. Skinner
Socrates
E.B. Titchener
Margaret Floy Washburn
John B. Watson
Wilhelm Wundt
Unit 2
Hindsight Bias
Critical Thinking
Theory
Hypothesis
Operational Definition
Replication
Case Study
Survey
Population
Random Sample
Naturalistic Observation
Correlation
Correlation Coefficient
Scatterplot
Illusory Correlation
Experiment
Random Assignment
Double-blind Procedure
Placebo Effect
Experimental G
Control Group
Independent Variable
Confounding Variable
Dependent Variable
Mode
Mean
Median
Range
Standard Deviation
Normal Curve
Statistical significance
Culture
Informed Consent
Debriefing
James Randi (The Amazing)
Unit 3A
Biological Psychology
Neuron
Sensory Neurons
Motor Neurons
Interneurons
Dendrite
Axon
Myelin Sheath
Action Potential
Threshold
Synapse
Neurotransmitter(Know main ones/Function)
Reuptake
Endorphins
Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
nerves
Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
Sympathetic Nervous System
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Reflex
Endocrine System
Hormones
Adrenal Glands
Pituitary Gland
Unit 3B
Lesion
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Computed Tomography Scan (CT)
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Functional MRI (fMRI)
Brainstem
Medulla
Reticular Formation
Thalamus
Cerebellum
Limbic System
Amygdala
Hypothalamus
Cerebral Cortex
Glial Cells
Frontal Lobes
Parietal Lobes
Occipital Lobes
Temporal Lobes
Motor Cortex
Sensory Cortex
Association Areas (where found)
Aphasia
Broca’s Area
Wernicke’s Area
plasticity
Neurogenesis
Corpus Callosum
Split Brain
Consciousness
Cognitive Neuroscience
Dual Processing
Paul Broca
Phineas Gage
Michael Gazzaniga & Roger Sperry
Karl Wernicke
Unit 3C
Behavior Genetics
Environment
Chromosomes
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
Genes
Genome
Identical Twins
Fraternal Twins
Heritability
Interaction
Molecular Genetics
Evolutionary Psychology
Natural selection
Mutation
Thomas Bouchard
Charles Darwin
Unit 4:
Sensation
Perception
Bottom-Up Processing
Top-Down Processing
Selective Attention
Inattentional Blindness
Change Blindness
Psychophysics
Absolute Threshold
Signal Detection Theory
Subliminal
Priming
Difference Threshold
Weber’s Law
Sensory Adaptation
Transduction
Wavelength
Hue
Intensity
Pupil
Iris
Lens
Feature Detectors
Parallel Processing
Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory
Opponent Process Theory
Retina
Accommodation
Rods
Cones
Optic Nerve
Blind Spot
Fovea
Audition
Frequency
Pitch
Middle Ear
Conduction Hearing Loss
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Cochlear Implant
Cochlea
Inner Ear
Place Theory
Frequency theory
Kinesthesis
Vestibular sense
Gate-Control Theory
Sensory Interaction
Gestalt
Figure-Ground
Grouping
Depth Perception
Visual Cliff
Monocular Cues
Binocular Cues (Know Each)
Retinal Disparity
Phi Phenomenon (an illusion of movement, p 157)
Perceptual Constancy
Color Constancy
Perceptual Adaptation
Perceptual set
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
Parapsychology
James Randi (still Amazing)
Herman von Helmholtz
Ernst Weber
ADDITIONAL TERMS
Ames Room
Dan Simon
Deaf Culture
American Sign Language
Film and Subliminal Messaging
Weasel/Vision Experiment
Brain Organization and Handedness
Sensory and Motor Cortex –
Homonculus
Agonists and Antagonists
Acetylcholine (see page 57)
Dopamine
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
GABA
Glutamate
Action Potential (p. 54)
A Block: Wednesday, 12:30 – 2:30 in Room B-1
F Block: Wednesday, 12:30 – 2:30 in Room B-4
Study Session: Tuesday, 3:00 – 5:00 in Room E-1. Come with questions!
Your test consists of 100-110 multiple-choice questions and 2 FRQs.
The multiple-choice section is answered on a scantron sheet; you may write on the test
document. I suggest that you answer the questions both on the test and on the scantron.
FRQs are answered separately. Bring paper and pen/pencil to write your answers. Make
sure to write neatly and clearly; grades for illegible answers will reflect only what I am
able to decipher.
You have two hours to complete it, accommodations notwithstanding.
Preparation:
1. Know your vocabulary
2. Study relationships between terms. Look for commonalities and contradiction,
for example:
Wavelength v. Amplitude: Wavelength determines the quality of the waves (for
vision, color; for sound, pitch). Amplitude determines the intensity of the waves
(for vision, brightness; for sound, loundness).
3.
4.
Ask questions! Not in class? Email or bring them along the next day.
STUDY!!!