Vocab (test September 23) 1-20 Flashcards
Absolute Threshold
Minimum amount of physical energy needed to produce a reliable sensory experience
Achievement and Aptitude Test
- achievement measures what has already been acquired
- aptitude predicts future performance or ability
Action Potential
Nerve impulse activated within a neuron that travels down the avon and causes neurotransmitters to be released
Acvity
Keenness or sharpness of vision
Albert Bandura
bobo doll experiment
-states that children learn aggressive responses from observing others, personally environment
Albert Ellis
Ration emotive behavior therapy
-therapy based on the view that irrational beliefs lead to emotional distress and causes people to engage in self- defeating behaviors
Alfred Adler
Inferiority complex
All-or-Nothing Law of Neural Firing
The size of the action potential is not affected by increase in the intensity of stimulation beyond the threshold level
Altruism
Prosocial behaviors a person carries out with out considering his/her own safety or interests
American Psychological Association
An organization of psychologists from all over the world
Amnesia
Failure of memory caused by physical injury, disease, drug use, or psychological trauma
Apparent Motion
Movement illusion in which one or more stationary lights going on and off in succession are perceived as a single moving light
(simplest form is the phi phenomenon)
Arousal
Motivational states of excitement and tension brought about by various stimuli
Solomon Asch’s Conformity Study
Experiment on conformity ( but had to use deception) subjects thought it was about visual perception. They were shown cards with 3 lines of differing lengths and asked to indicate which of the three lines was the same people conformed even when conflicted with their own belief
Cognitive Theory
Mental behavior/ way we think/ perceive
