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AP Psychology Definitions

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Prologue
The scientific study of behavior ...,
The view that a knowledge comes f...,
An early school of psychology tha...
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Chapter One
We think we know more than we act...,
Thinking that does not blindly ac...,
Making observations forming theor...
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Chapter Eight : Part Two
Increasing behaviors by presentin...,
Increasing behaviors by stopping ...,
In operant conditiong any event t...
24  cards
Chapter Nine : Part One
A clear memory of an emotionally ...,
The processing of information int...,
The retention of encoded informat...
33  cards
Chapter Thirteen : Emotion
The theory that our experience of...,
The theory that an emotion arousi...,
The theory that to experience emo...
13  cards
Chapter Two : Part One
A popular but ill fated theory th...,
A branch of psychology concerned ...,
A nerve cell the basic building b...
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Chapter Two : Part Two
The oldest part and central core ...,
The base of he brainstem controls...,
A nerve network in the brainstem ...
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Chapter Five : Part One
The process by which our sensory ...,
The process of organizing and int...,
Analysis that begins with the sen...
27  cards
Chapter Five : Part Two
The nerve that carries neural imp...,
The point at which the optic nerv...,
The central focal point in the re...
30  cards
Eye Diagram
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Ear Diagram
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16  cards
Chapter Six
The process of organizing and int...,
The focusing of conscious awarene...,
The ability to attend to only one...
42  cards
Chapter Seven
Our awareness of ourselves and ou...,
Periodic physiological fluctuations,
The biological clock regular bodi...
45  cards
Chapter Eight : Part One
A relatively permanent change in ...,
Learning that certain events occu...,
A type of learning in which an or...
25  cards
Chapter Nine : Part Two
A measure of memory in which the ...,
A measure of memory in which the ...,
A memory measure that assesses th...
15  cards
Chapter Ten : Thinking
The mental activities associated ...,
A mental grouping of similar obje...,
A mental image or best example of...
16  cards
Chapter Ten : Language
Our spoken written or signed word...,
In a language the smallest distin...,
In a language the smallest unit t...
12  cards
Chapter Eleven : Intelligence
Mental quality consisting of the ...,
A statistical procedure that iden...
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Chapter Four : Part One
Branch of psychology that studies...,
The fertilized egg it entersa two...,
The developing human organism fro...
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Chapter Four : Part Two
An optimal period shortly after b...,
The process by which certain anim...,
According to erik erikson a sense...
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Chapter Twelve : Motivation
A need or desire that energizes a...,
A complex behavior that is rigidl...,
The idea that a physiological nee...
18  cards
Chapter Fifteen : Personality
An individuals characteristic pat...,
In psychoanalysis a method of exp...,
Freuds theory of personality that...
26  cards
Chapter Fifteen : Part Two
Proposes that faith in ones world...,
Third force perspective emphasize...,
Hierarchy of needs ultimately see...
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