AP Psychology Exam 2024
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, neuropsychologist, made discoveries
Torsten Wiesel
concerning feature detectors; Nobel Prize
1795-1878; Field: perception; Contributions:
just-noticeable-difference (JND) that
Ernst Weber
eventually becomes Weber's law; Studies: 1st
study on JND
Parts of the eye cornea, pupil, iris, lens, retina
the tendency for observers, when analyzing
fundamental another's behavior, to underestimate the
attribution error impact of the situation and to overestimate the
impact of personal disposition
the tendency to blame our actions on the
actor-observer bias situation and blame the actions of others on
their personalities
self-serving bias the tendency to perceive oneself favorably
the tendency to overestimate the extent to
false consensus effect
which others share our beliefs and behaviors
, a tendency to search for information that
confirmation bias supports our preconceptions and to ignore or
distort contradictory evidence
the belief that people get what they deserve
just-world hypothesis
in life and deserve what they get
tendency of an interviewer to allow positive
characteristics of a client to influence the
halo effect
assessments of the client's behavior and
statements
in psychology, the biologically and socially
gender influenced characteristics by which people
define male and female
Identity with a group of people descended
race
from a common ancestor.
Identity with a group of people that share
Ethnicity distinct physical and mental traits as a product
of common heredity and cultural traditions.