AP Psych Extra/Other Terms to Know Review

The idea that people are motivated to do things to achieve physical arousal:

A founder of Gestalt psychology who is famous for studying higher thinking in chimpanzees:

The use of quantitative devices for assessing psychological trends:

The gustatory system involves:

Developed by Raymond Cattell to measure personality traits:

Treatment using exposure to a stimulus & pairing it with an uncomfortable sensation/experience:

This psychologist took issue with Kohlberg's theory on the grounds that it was gender-biased:

This psychologist is famous for studying infant attachment:

Thinking that searches for multiple possible answers to a problem:

Thinking about thinking.

This psychologist discovered feature detectors:

P value stands for

Examines human behavior/abilities to find the best ways to design equipment for best/safe use:

A person who is able to seek out/generate different options, ideas, and alternatives is a:

This psychologist produced impactful work on how people process death & the steps of grief:

Activation-synthesis theory proposes that

Field of psych that studies the physical environments of humans; tries to improve use of tech:

Nerves that carry a current towards the brain:

"Libido" means:

Behavior that is harmful can be described as:

If p value is small

A liver enzyme that, if missing, can lead to severe health productions, e.g. mental retardation

If P value is large

Determines whether or not to accept or reject the null hypothesis:

The Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis suggests that:

A psychologist prescribes a pill that makes a person vomit when they drink to treat alcoholism:

Thinking that is pointed towards one solution:

A type of psychological conflict that results when a goal is both desirable and undesirable:

"Efficacy" means:

Tendency for workers' productivity to increase if they are being observed/under new management:

Psychological conflict that results when a choice must be made between two undesirable options:

When subjects in behavioral studies change their performance in response to being observed.

The ability to identify/give a correct answer or follow predictable/prescribed expectations: