AP Psychology Brain Structure Review/ Study note | |Brain Structure |Location |Functions |Mal Functions |Disorders |Substructures | |CEREBRAL CORTEX (Cerebrum) |Frontal Lobe |At the front most region of |Decision making |Paralysis |ADHD |Prefrontal cortex |
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Psychology Scenarios 1. a 17 year old is sleeping and remembes a distinct dream: Pons‚ thalamus and cerebral cortex. Pons: The pons is associated in sleep paralysis‚ and also plays a role in generating dreams. Thalamus: relays signals from auditory‚ somatic‚ visceral and visual regions of the peripheral nervous system. Helps to see the dreams while you are sleeping. Cerebral Cortex: The cerebral cortex plays a key role in memory‚ attention‚ perceptual awareness‚ thought‚ language‚ and consciousness
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consistently because of stimuli. This is how birds build nests perfectly as soon as they leave their family. I chose A‚ Drive reduction theory. Drive reduction focuses on a homeostasis in the body. There are needs that ruin the equlibrium‚ and our brain responds to these with drives‚ a feeling that prompts action. This restores balance. This concept is wrong because Danielle makes her decision based off of herself a human being wanting to go to the more secure and safe person‚ which is instinct. The
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AP Psychology Exam Review Breakdown of Question Categories: 2-4% history – (prologue) 6-8% methods and approaches – (chapter 1) 8-10% biological bases of behavior – (chapter 2‚ 3‚ 14) 7-9% sensation and perception – (chapter 5‚ 6) 2-4% states of consciousness – (chapter 7) 7-9% learning – (chapter 8) 8-10% cognition – (chapter 9‚ 10) 7-9% motivation and emotion – (chapter 12‚ 13) 7-9% developmental psychology – (chapter 4) 6-8% personality – (chapter 15) 5-7% testing and individual
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that evokes random images‚ which our sleep brain weaves into stories. 10.Adaptation Level Phenomenon: tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience. 11.Adrenal Glands: a pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and secrete hormones that help arouse the body in times of stress. 12.Algorithm: a methodical‚ logical rule that guarantees solving a particular problem. 13.Alpha Waves: the relatively slow brain waves of an awake‚ relaxed state. 14.Amnesia: loss
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AP Psych Learning Guided Reading-1 1. Learning is the long lasting changing due to experience. Example: In school‚ students absorb knowledge from different kinds of subjects. 2. Associative learning is learning to associate one stimulus with another. 3 Example: Lucy opened her car door and got attacked by a swarm of bees that got in through an open window. Lucy developed a phobia of cars and now takes the bus to work. During this situation‚ US is bees’attack‚ UR is fear CS
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AP Psychology Midterm Study Guide #1 Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches 1.Definition of Psychology? Disciplines it is rooted in? Psychology is the science of behavior and mental process; it seeks to answer how and why we think‚ feel‚ act as we do. Psychology is rooted in philosophy and biology. 2.What is the difference between nativism and empiricism? Which ancient philosophers/early psychologist were nativist? which were empiricist? Nativism is the argument that all our skills
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disorder. E) schizophrenia. 2. A lack of conscience is most characteristic of those who have a(n) ________ disorder. A) dissociative B) antisocial personality C) dysthymic D) generalized anxiety E) obsessive-compulsive 3. A World Health Organization study of 20 countries estimated that ________ had the highest prevalence of mental disorders during the prior year. A) Japan B) Germany C) Mexico D) the United States E) the United Kingdom 4. Schizophrenia is most likely to be characterized by A) suicidal
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AP Psychology Free Response Questions Sample The following questions are samples of the free response questions from past AP Psychology exams. The free response sections are worth 33 1/3 percent of the total grade. Students have 50 minutes to answer two questions. The key to successfully answering these questions is to: completely define the terms using appropriate psychological terminology and then critically apply each term. Many students concentrate their efforts on the multiple-choice
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