AP PSYCH 24-25 REVIEW

People are often more afraid of flying than driving due to which reasoning error?

What is the name of the reference book that contains the symptoms of mental illnesses?

What part of the forebrain regulates hormones involved with eating, sleeping, and sex?

What symptom of schizophrenia involves false sensory experiences?

What term refers to the accuracy of a study?

Which Bronfenbrenner ecosystem influence involves people with whom the child directly interacts?

What stage is called paradoxical sleep because it physiologically resembles waking consciousness?

Which term represents the decrease of intrinsic interest following extrinsic rewards?

In the parietal lobe there is a cortex that is known as the "body map". What is it called?

Which of the following statistics indicates the magnitude or practical significance of a research finding?

What biological rhythm is involved in the 24-hour sleep/wake cycle?

What defense mechanism is exemplified when one ascribes unpleasant feelings to other people?

Which of the following stats represents how much data varies from the mean & indicates the spread of the distribution?

What hormone is inhibited by light and increases in dark conditions (leading to sleepiness)?

When paired with food, what did the tuning fork eventually become in Pavlov's experiments?

Who "coined" the terminology of operant conditioning?

Ainsworth developed testing procedures to assess attachment. What did she call her procedure?

Which part of a neuron is the output fiber that sends messages to neighboring neurons?

What terminology is used for discomfort that results from conflicting beliefs and actions?

A teacher exempts you from homework if you get an A on the previous test. What does this exemplify?

What depth perception cue involves objects blocking the view of other objects?

What theory of happiness involves comparing oneself to other people?

What term involves participants altering behavior if they learn of the purpose of a study?

What format of long-term memory is characterized by memories stored as sequential narrative?

What type of test involves telling a story about an ambiguous picture?

Which contemporary psychological perspective emphasizes unconscious conflicts in the mind?

What snail-shaped structure in the inner ear transduces sound?

What research method often utilizes data from surveys to examine relationships between characteristics?

Which of the following therapeutic ethical guidelines involves the obligation not to harm?

What error involves overest. personality influences & under-est. of situational influences?

In what stage of Piaget's cognitive dev. theory does the understanding of conservation occur?

What official term involves the brain and body maintaining equilibrium or balance?

What terminology did Maslow use to describe a person living up to his/her fullest potential?

What type of amnesia involves the inability to form new declarative memories?

Which personality disorder is characterized by being self-centered and self-entitled?

What are active categories for understanding the world called?

Which term represents the brain changing over time, most dramatically following injuries?

What part of the nervous sys. is responsible for slowing the body down after a stress response?

What Erikson stage involves middle age people contributing to the world via family or work?

What type of intelligence involves the ability to solve abstract problems & pick up new skills?

Subjects must usually agree to be in a study beforehand. What is this guideline called?

What mental illness involves negative views of the self, hopelessness, and anhedonia?

Which of the big five traits is characterized by being organized, careful, and disciplined?

What lobe contains the somatosensory cortex is involved in math and spatial skills?

What lobe is involved in abstract thought, judgment, and impulse control?

What big five trait is characterized by being anxious, insecure, and self-pitying?

Which type of retinal cell is needed for visual clarity and color vision?

What sleep disorder is characterized by cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and automatic behavior?

Children gradually develop the ability to take the perspective of others. What is this skill called?

What research method involves studying the same group over an extended time?

What term involves a variable that an exp. is not accounting for that may be effecting results?

Which of the following states that change needs to be proportional in order to be noticed?

What is the guideline of telling subjects the purpose of a study after participation called?

What processing involves the use of background knowledge to fill in gaps in what you perceive?

Which part of a neuron consists of input fibers that relay messages into the cell body?

What are the body position and balance senses collectively called?

Which part of a neuron surrounds the axon & allows for greater transmission speed of impulses?

What parental style involves reasonable rules and emphasizes praise over punishment?

What is the gap between neurons called?

According to Freud, what part of the mind operates on the "pleasure principle"?

Which measure of central tendency is defined as the average score&can be distorted by outliers?

What term refers to whether a study yields consistent results?

Which neurotrans. is involved in memory & is deficient in people with Alzheimer's disease?

What type of research involves passively taking notes on the behavior of people?

What type of conflict involves choosing between two equally undesirable options?

What theory of motivation emphasizes the need to belong to something larger than oneself?

What are socially learned standards that regulate the expression of emotion which often vary by culture?

What type of long-term memory involves physical skills & is sometimes called "muscle memory"?

"WEIRD" people are over-rep. in most psych. research. What type of sampling is this called?

What official term refers to the need to numerically represent what is being observed and measured?

Which statistical statement indicates the likelihood that a result occurred by chance and is represented by p-values?

Nearby objects can be seen in greater detail. What depth perception cue does this exemplify?

Which stats involves predictions about a pop. based on a sample of data taken from the pop.?

What type of interference involves new learning hampering the recall of old information?

What theory of happiness involves total immersion in an activity such that sense of time alters?

Which neurotransmitter has been linked to pleasure, movement, motivation, and concentration?

Stephen Wiltshire's ability to draw panoramas of cities from memory exemplifies what concept?

What term represents "the smallest amount of stimulus that is detectable 50% of the time"?

What schedule of reinforcement is exemplified by employees getting paid every two weeks?

What defense mechanism involves taking out impulses on a less threatening target?

What research method involves studying a single individual or a few individuals?

Which personality disorder is characterized by unstable emotions (frequent anger outbursts) and relationships?

Which of the following types of learning involves neutral stimuli associated with an involuntary/reflexive response?

What Freudian technique involves saying whatever comes to mind no matter how embarrassing?

What persuasion technique involves agreeing to a small request followed by a larger one later?

The brain is normally protected from harmful chemicals by what barrier?

What term refers to loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations?

What is conditioning that involves an unwanted or undesirable response called?

What did Spearman call multidimensional intelligence that underlies all intelligent behavior?

Which neurotransmitter is inhibitory and is linked to anxiety and epilepsy when low?

What type of therapy involves challenging a client's irrational thoughts?

What did Pavlov call the dogs' reflexive salivation from food?

What type of variable is defined as a "deliberate manipulation by the experimenter"?

What are the smallest units of sound in a language called?

What social psych phenomenon was Solomon Asch studying in his line perception experiment?

Seligman found that dogs may stop trying to escape shocks. What did he call this behavior?

What types of neurons take messages from the body and relay them to the brain?

Gambling at slot machines in casinos exemplifies what schedule of reinforcement?

What term is used for a variable that is measured to see how it is changed by a manipulation?

Which contemporary psych. perspective emphasizes the power of the environment & conditioning?