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AP Psychology

Topics covered in 1994, 1999 and 2004 released multiple choice exams

Topic / 1994 / 1999 / 2004 / 2007
Social Psychology / Similarity
Diffusion of responsibility
Attribution theory (2)
Solomon Asch
Deindividuation
Stanley Milgram / Similarity
Cognitive dissonance
Diffusion of responsibility
Group norms
Stanley Milgram
Self-fulfilling prophecy / Discrimination
Diffusion of responsibility
Solomon Asch
Deindividuation
Social loafing
Cognitive dissonance
Super ordinate goals
Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Social facilitation / Self-Serving Bias
Conformity
Cognitive dissonance
Ethnocentrism
Group polarization
Frustration-Aggression model
Milgram
Fundamental Attribution Error
Cultural Attribution
Social Inhibition
History/
Careers/
Theories / Industrial-Organizational
Behaviorism (2) / Objections to Skinner
Humanism vs. Psychoanalytic
Cognitive theory
Behavioral theory
Psychophysics / Social psychologists
Humanism (2)
Psychoanalytic (2)
John Watson
Behaviorism
Neurobiological
Evolutionary / Behaviorism (2)
Psychoanalytic approach
Cognitive approach
Humanism
Research/
Stats / Control group
Dependent variable
Ethical guidelines
Longitudinal studies
Correlation is not causation
Normal distribution
Positive skew / Dependent variables
Random sampling
Scatter plots
Longitudinal studies
Percentile rank
Experimental method
Standardization
Statistical significance
Double-blind study
Factor analysis
Predictive validity / Cross-Sectional studies
Validity
Variance
Normal distribution
Correlation
Experimental method
Confirmation bias
Standard deviation
Reliability
Independent variables
Dependent variables / Ethics
Mean
Experimental Group
Negative Correlation
Ind Var/ Dep Var (2)
P-Value
Correlation coefficients
Validity
Split-Half Reliability
Bell Curve
Standard Deviation
Biological Bases
Of Behavior / all or nothing response
endorphins
sympathetic nervous system
hypothalamus
occipital lobe
neurotransmitters
myelin sheath
CAT scans
Right hemisphere
Reticular activating system
Optic nerve / Cerebral cortex
Hypothalamus
Dominant genes
Speech areas
Frontal lobe
MRI
Sensory neurons
Temporal lobe
Parasympathetic nervous system
Thresholds
Thalamus / Corpus collosum
Occipital/temporal lobes
Neurons: sodium/potassium
Limbic system
Neurons
Cerebral cortex
Hypothalamus
Acetylcholine (Ach) / Corpus Callosum
Pituitary gland
Sympathetic Nervous System
Vesicles
Adrenal Glands
PET Scan
Testosterone
Long-Term Potentiation
Hypothalamus
Sensation / inner ear
color blindness
dichotic listening
accommodation
opponent-process / Cochlea
Gustation
Middle ear
Dichotic listening
Bipolar cells / Adaptation
Selective attention
Vestibular sense
Rods/cones
Order of auditory stimuli / Roda and Cones
Sensory Adaptation
Gate Control Theory
Semicircular Canals
Perception / Visual cliff
Retinal disparity
Absolute thresholds
Gestalt principles / Depth perception
Gestalt principles
Phi phenomenon / Discrimination
Absolute threshold
Signal detection theory
Gestalt principles / Depth Perception
Signal Detection Theory
Absolute Threshold
Consciousness / Withdrawal
Depressants
hypnosis / Hypnosis
Circadian rhythms
Tranquilizers
REM sleep / Circadian rhythms
Alcohol as depressant
Psychological affects of alcohol
Sleep spindles / REM Sleep
Withdrawal
Sleep cycle
Learning / classical conditioning (3)
social learning theory
punishment
Shaping
Sched’s of reinforcement / Punishment
Garcia study: taste aversion
Extinction
Negative reinforcement
Operant conditioning / Stimulus generalization
Discrimination
Classical conditioning (2)
Garcia study: taste aversion
Observational learning
Predisposition for learning
Token economy / Spontaneous recovery
Discrimination
Extinction
Negative reinforcement
Classical Conditioning
Bandura (Bobo doll)
Memory / Rehearsal
Episodic memory
Primacy effect / Encoding
Anterograde amnesia
Serial position effect
Episodic / Retrograde amnesia
Procedural memories
Tip of the tongue phenomena
Proactive interference / Recall/Recognition
Encoding
Episodic memory
Method of Loci
Cognition/
Language / functional fixedness
prototypes
I.Q. (2)
Divergent thinking
Achievement tests
Whorf’s linguistic theory
Morphemes
Metacognition / Syntax
Stanford-Binet
Algorithm
Metacognition
Achievement tests
Super/sub ordinate categories
Noam Chompsy
Wolfgang Kohler / I.Q. correlations
Alfred Binet
Schema
Heuristics
Language Acquisition / Divergent thinking
Overegularization
Functional Fixedness
Availability Heuristic
Representative Heuristic
Chompsky and LAD
Terman
Fluid Intelligence
Development / Harry Harlow
Authoritative parenting
Reflexes
Kohlberg
Autism
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Current themes
Piaget
Nature vs. Nurture
Continuity vs. discontinuity / Natural selection
Object permanence
Androgyny
Mary Ainsworth
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Erik Erikson
Gilligan vs. Kohlberg
Fluid intelligence / Maturation
Self recognition
Mary Ainsworth
Piaget/conservation / Kohlberg
Gender typing
Gender discrimination
Accommodation
Assimilation
Maturation
Erikson
Twin studies
Motivation / instinct theory
hierarchy of needs
homeostasis
intrinsic/extrinsic / Glucose
Drive reduction theory
Instinct theory / Intrinsic motivation (2)
Need for Achievement
Maslow’s Hierarchy
Projective tests
Set point / Overjustification
Arousal Theory
Maslow’s hierarchy
Incentive theory
Need for achievement
Schacter two factor theory
Emotion / Universal facial expressions / Facial expressions
James-Lange Theory
Catharsis / Schachter and Singer / James-Lange Theory
Personality / defense mechanisms (3)
dream analysis
Ego
Self-efficacy
Psychosexual stages / Ego
Trait theory
Projective tests
Locus of control
Transference / Internal locus of control
Temperament
Fixations
Projective tests
Trait theory / TAT test
Personality testing
Big-Five Personality
Alfred Adler
Stress / GAS syndrome / Type A personality
GAS Syndrome
Approach-Approach Conflict / GAS syndrome / Predictability of stressors
GAS syndrome
Disorders / Paranoia
Schizophrenia
Cognitive theory of depression
Narcissism
Obsessions
Personality disorders
Dissociative disorders
Somatoform disorders / Depression
Anxiety disorders
Psychotic disorders
Dopamine
Antisocial personality
Def of abnormal
Conversion disorders / Post traumatic stress disorder
DSM-IVR
Def of abnormal
Hallucination
Schizophrenia
Causes of depression
Behaviorism
Somatoform disorders
Antisocial personality / Bipolar disorder
OCD
DSM
Dissociative Fugue
Schizophrenia
Anti-Social Personality disorder
Treatment / systematic desensitization
aversive conditioning
deinstitutionalization
rational-emotive therapy
ECT therapy
Treatment for schizophrenia
Antianxiety drugs
Client-centered therapy
Behavioral therapy / Deinstitutionalization
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Rational-emotive therapy
Behavioral therapy
Cognitive therapy / Behavioral
Rational-Emotive therapy
Systematic desensitization
Prozac
Aaron Beck / Aversion therapy
Carl Rogers
Cognitive restructuring
Systematic desensitization
Person centered therapy
ECT therapy
Prozac