AP Psych Review #1

The stage of sleep when breathing, heart rate, and eye movement increase is known as

In Milgram's obedience experiments, people are most likely to obey commands when

anxiety disorder with unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).

operant conditioning where reinforcers guide behavior closer to the desired behavior

Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory.

the tendency to favor the people with whom we share a common identity

test designed to predict a person's future performance; their capacity to learn

The depolarization of a neural membrane can create a(n)

disorder when a person is always tense, apprehensive, with autonomic nervous system arousal

defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile state

a personality model showing how the environment, individual, and behavior enhance each other.

The two factor theory says that emotion occurs:

According to Freud, this is a reservoir of unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, & memories

The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is called:

What brain chemical is most clearly linked to depression?

It's difficult to fall asleep earlier than usual because of our

Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices

estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory

Who introduced the term behaviorism?

Which brain structure sends info from the senses to the right part of the cerebral cortex?

What does Broca's area do?

Feeling responsible for behavior that violates our conscience is most likely to contribute to:

extent to which test yields consistent results

From which type of research is it possible to infer causation between variables?

a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

Dopamine overactivity is most clearly related to

the perception that you control or that outside forces determine your fate

According to Freud, this part of you mediates the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

This is what a researcher is going to measure in an experiment

Freud's method, interpreting though free associations, resistances, dreams, and transference

Which theorist focused on stages of psychosocial development?

Split-brain patients have had their ________ surgically cut.

Spearman's cute name for the general intelligence factor that underlies all mental abilities

The mechanical vibrations triggered by sound waves are transduced into neural impulses through

stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others

learning in which behavior is strengthened by a reinforcer or diminished by a punisher

According to Baumrind, which type of parent never explains the reasons for their strict rules?

extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to do

a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people

part of the limbic system; houses emotions like aggression, fear, and self-protective behavior