AP Psychology Unit 1 Review
AP Psychology Unit 1 Review Containing
44 Terms with Verified Definitions
Newly Updated 2024-2025
sq3r - Answer: survey, question, read, rehearse, review
example of biological perspective - Answer: explaining how heredity and
experience influences differences in temperament; brain circuits that cause us to
be red in the face
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, AP Psychology Unit 1 Review
empiricism - Answer: the view that knowledge originates in experience and that
science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
structuralism - Answer: an early school of psychology that used introspection to
explore the structural elements of the human mind (Titchener)
functionalism - Answer: a school of psychology that focused on how our mental
and behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and
flourish (James)
experimental psychology - Answer: the study of behavior and thinking using the
experimental method
behaviorism - Answer: the view that psychology (1) should be an objective
science, overt that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2)
humanistic psychology - Answer: historically significant perspective that
emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential
for personal growth (Maslow, Rogers)
cognitive neuroscience - Answer: the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity
linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
psychology - Answer: the science of behavior and mental processes
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AP Psychology Unit 1 Review Containing
44 Terms with Verified Definitions
Newly Updated 2024-2025
sq3r - Answer: survey, question, read, rehearse, review
example of biological perspective - Answer: explaining how heredity and
experience influences differences in temperament; brain circuits that cause us to
be red in the face
1|Page
, AP Psychology Unit 1 Review
empiricism - Answer: the view that knowledge originates in experience and that
science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
structuralism - Answer: an early school of psychology that used introspection to
explore the structural elements of the human mind (Titchener)
functionalism - Answer: a school of psychology that focused on how our mental
and behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and
flourish (James)
experimental psychology - Answer: the study of behavior and thinking using the
experimental method
behaviorism - Answer: the view that psychology (1) should be an objective
science, overt that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2)
humanistic psychology - Answer: historically significant perspective that
emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential
for personal growth (Maslow, Rogers)
cognitive neuroscience - Answer: the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity
linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
psychology - Answer: the science of behavior and mental processes
2|Page
