AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTION AND ANSWERS GRADE A+ EDITION
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Course
AP PSYCHOLOGY
Institution
AP PSYCHOLOGY
Wilhelm Wundt
Set up the first psychological laboratory. Used Introspection and Structuralism
Introspection
Subject is asked to record exactly their thought reactions to a simple stimuli
Structuralism
Idea that the mind operates by combining subjective emotions and object sensations
William J...
AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTION
AND ANSWERS GRADE A+ EDITION
Wilhelm Wundt
Set up the first psychological laboratory. Used Introspection and
Structuralism
Introspection
Subject is asked to record exactly their thought reactions to a
simple stimuli
Structuralism
Idea that the mind operates by combining subjective emotions and
object sensations
William James
Published "Principles of Psychology" and furthered Structuralism
towards Functionalism
Gestalt Psychology
Against dividing thought and behavior; examine a person's total
perception
Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalytic approach who believed the unconscious mind showed who
a person was - caused by repression of thoughts
John Watson
Behavioralist who said that psychology must focus on observable
concepts - Little Albert Study
Behavioralism
Psychology should focus on only 'observable' behavior through stimuli
and responses
BF Skinner
Expanded ideas of behavioralism to include the concept of
reinforcement. He became the father of Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement
Environmental stimuli that encourage or discourage a response
Eclectic
Looking at thought/behavior from multiple perspectives - play it by
ear
Humanistic Psychology
Stresses choice and free will of people; we choose our action and
make our own destinies
Psycho-Analytic Approach
, the unconscious mind controls much of our thought and action; to
understand unconscious, dream analysis and other techniques are used
Biological Psychology
Human cognition and reactions are caused by our genes, hormones, and
neurology
Evolutionary Psychology
Examine human thoughts and actions through natural selection - best
thoughts/traits continue
Cognitive Psychology
Examine human thought and behavior by how we interpret, process, and
remember events. Why we think the way we do
Hindsight Bias
People feel that they've "known all along" after hearing research
findings that they did not know
Applied Research
research that has a clear, practical application that's used in life
Basic Research
Research that does not intend to impact immediate, real-world
problems
Hypothesis
Expresses the relationship between the independent and dependent
variables - based on theory
Theory
Attempt to explain a phenomena in a way that generates a testable
hypothesis for support
Valid Research
Measures what the researcher intended and is accurate
Reliable Research
Research results can be replicated to find identical results
Sampling
Process of selecting subjects from a totally random cross-section of
society
Stratified Sampling
Sampling of random people but all of whom meet a certain criteria
(age, gender, race, etc)
Case Study
Used to get a full, detailed picture of one or a small group of
participants. Not generalized
Descriptive Statistics
Describe a set of data by using frequency polygons (line graphs) and
histograms (bar graphs)
Central Tendency
Attempt to mark the center of distribution (mean median mode)
Positively Scewed
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