AIM: AP Psychology 1st Quarter Interim

Review

DO NOW: Take out your review sheets, get into groups of 5…MOVE YOUR DESKS TOGETHER!

Which psychologists believed in the power of the unconscious?

Sigmund Freud (psychoanalytic)

The belief that our behavior is impacted

by our need for survival is what

perspective?

Evolutionary

The perspective concerned with

observable responses is

Behavioral

Humanistic psychologists are concerned with

Human potential and growth

Define psychology

The study of behavior and mental processes

Which psychologists is most concerned with how we INTERPRET

our experiences?

Cognitive

Psychologists concerned with brain chemistry are which

perspective?

Biological

I’m feeling tense and anxious. What type of psychologists should I

call?

Clinical

If I study children as they age, what type of

psychologist am I?

Developmental

Social Psychologists study…

How we think about, influence, and relate to

people

Define hindsight bias

Seeing an outcome as obvious based on what

has occurred

What is critical thinking?

Questioning, Analyzing,

Studying shy versus outgoing people would

be the focus of what type of psychologists?

Personality Psychologists

What does it mean to operationalize a

variable?

Specify how we are measuring something.

What is a case study?

Studying one person in depth

As your age increases, the amount of exercise

you do decreases. What type of

correlation is this?

Negative correlation

Observing children on a playground to see how they interact is

what type of research method?

Naturalistic Observation

What is an illusory correlation?

Seeing a correlation where none exists

If I want to find out the opinion of a large

group of people, what research method would

be best?

Survey

Manipulating factors is part of what research

method?

Experiments

What technique do you use to ensure you get a representative sample?

Random Sampling

What measure of central tendency is

most affected by extreme scores?

MEAN

Describe a control group

They are not receiving the experimental

treatment

Random Assignment ensures that…

Participants in groups are equal/ minimize differences between

participants

What does statistical significance show?

Results are not due to chance

The APA believes that you should explain your research to

participants when its completed. This is

called

Debriefing

Solomon Asch studied ______

Conformity

Why do we have attribution theory?

To explain others’ behavior

What is the fundamental

attribution error?

Overestimate the personal dispositionUnderestimate the

situational influence

What is Deindividuation?

Losing self awareness in a group

A desire for harmony in a decision making

group can lead to what social psychology

phenomenon?

Groupthink

The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are

inconsistent is ____

Cognitive Dissonance

Prejudice is an _____Stereotypes are _______

Discrimination is _______

Attitude/FeelingThoughtAction

Aggression always involves what?

An intent to hurt

What does the bystander effect say?

We are less likely to help when they are lots of people present than

if we are alone.

The Mere Exposure effect is related to

SIMALARITY OR PROXIMITY

Proximity

What does the frustration aggression

principle state?

When we are prevented from achieving a goal

(frustrated) we will act aggressively

Social Exchange theory says our behavior is

guided by ____

The weighing of costs and benefits

What is a social trap?

Pursuing our own self interest will lead to

collective harm

What path does an action potential

follow?

Dendrites, cell body, axon

What is the function of dendrites?

Receive signals from other neurons

Where is the synapse located?

Between two neurons

What is an action potential?

Electrical charge that tells a neuron to fire

Neurotransmitters are chemical or electrical?

Chemical

ANY FINAL QUESTIONS???