Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

ap psych confusing p

TermDefinition
agonist v antagonist agonist - chemicals that mimic the actions of neurotransmitter antagonist chemicals that oppose the action of a neurotransmitter
random assignment v random sample random assignment - each participant has equal chance of being placed into any group random sample - process of choosing research participants from the population and happens BEFORE assignment
quantitative data v qualitative data quantitative - numbers qualitative - five senses
agonist v antagonist agonist - chemicals that mimic the actions of neurotransmitter antagonist chemicals that oppose the action of a neurotransmitter
random assignment v random sample random assignment - each participant has equal chance of being placed into any group random sample - process of choosing research participants from the population and happens BEFORE assignment
quantitative data v qualitative data quantitative - numbers qualitative - five senses
self-serving bias v self-fulfilling prophecies self-serving bias - tendency to overstate one's role in a positive venture and underestimate in a failure self-fulfilling prophecies - how people's ideas about others can shape the behavior of those others
collectivist cultures v individualistic cultures collectivist - family, company stressed individualistic - individual stressed
structuralism v functionalism structuralism - wundt!!! parts of brain and conscious experience were proper subject matter in psychology functionalism - James!!! tried to understand how and why the mind functions and is related to consciousness
descriptive statistics v inferential statistics descriptive - describe as a set of data, central tendency (mean median mode) inferential 0 to determine whether or not finding scan be applied to the larger population from which the same was selected. cause and effect / generalizability
syntax v semantics syntax = grammar semantics = meaning
anterograde amnesia v retrograde amnesia anterograde - cant remember new stuff post-injury retrograde - cant remember old stuff pre-injury
systematic desensitization v aversion conditioning systematic desensitization - behavior therapy use to reduce client's anxiety responses. bad paired with good aversion conditioning - behavior therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired to elicit an desirable response. bad paired with bad
absolute threshold v just-noticeable difference absolute threshold - level needed to see it 50% of the time just-noticeable difference - perceive change in stimulus level
construct validity v content validity construct - test measures a particular hypothetical concept content - content of a test is representative of the domain it is supposed to cover (like stuff on the test from that chapter)
independent variable v dependent variable independent - what is tested dependent - what is measured
experimental group v control group experimental - group that's tested control - compared to the experimental, receives the placebo in a drug experiment
left brain v right brain Left - Language Logic right - creative, spatial
corpus callosum v cerebral cortex corpus callosum - divides the brain cerebral cortex - covers the brain
sympathetic nervous system v parasympathetic nervous system sympathetic - fight or flight parasympathetic - calming. PARAchute
neurotransmitters v hormones neurotransmitters - nervous system hormones - endocrine system
lateral hypothalamus v ventromedial hypothalamus lateral - stimulates hunger ventromedial - suppresses hunger
broca's area v wernicke's area broca's - produces speech wernicke's - processes speech
afferent neurons v efferent neurons afferent - sensory, body to brain efferent - motor, brain to body
assimilation v accommodation assimilation - all four legged animals are dogs accommodation - dogs are different than cats
concrete operations v formal operations concrete - logical thinking formal operations - philosophical thinking
bottom-up processing v top-bottom processing bottom-up - sensation top-down - perception
Created by: m.her8004
Popular Psychology sets

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards