AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM -
TERMS/CONCEPTS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Absolute Threshold - Correct Answers -the minimum stimulation needed to detect a
particular stimulus 50% of the time.
Neuroscience - Correct Answers -perspective of psychology - how the body and brain
enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences.
evolutionary - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how the natural selection of
traits promoted the survival of genes.
Behavior genetics - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how much our genes
and our environment influence our individual differences.
Psychodynamic - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how behavior springs from
unconscious drives and conflicts.
Behavioral - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how we learn observable
responses.
Cognitive - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how we encode, process, store,
and retrieve information.
Social-cultural - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how behavior and thinking
vary across situations and cultures.
Action potential - Correct Answers -a neural impulse, a brief electrical charge that
travels down an axon.
acuity - Correct Answers -eye sharpness
aggression - Correct Answers -physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone.
Bobo doll experiment - Correct Answers -Experiment that showed observal learning was
crucial (Bandura's experiment).
Attachment - Correct Answers -an emotional tie with another person
, Aversive conditioning - Correct Answers -a type of counterconditioning that associates
an unpleasant state (like nausea) with an unwanted behavior (like drinking alcohol).
Bell curve - Correct Answers -normal curve - a symmetrical curve that describes the
distribution of many types of data.
Binocular disparity - Correct Answers -difference between 2 images (greater disparity,
closer the object).
Binocular depth cues - Correct Answers -depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that
depend on the use of 2 eyes.
Blind spot - Correct Answers -the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye
aphasia - Correct Answers -impairment of language
Cerebellum - Correct Answers -"little brain" at the rear of the brainstem. Functions -
processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance.
Cerebral cortex - Correct Answers -interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral
hemispheres. The body's ultimate control and information-processing center.
Cerebral hemispheres - Correct Answers -divided into right and left by the cerebrum.
Right hemisphere - Correct Answers -Emotional, intuitive half of the brain; artistic or
creative skills; recognition of faces
Left hemisphere - Correct Answers -hemisphere of brain that specializes in speaking,
calculating, logic, language processing (concrete)
Cognitive development - Correct Answers -development of processes of knowing,
including imagining, perceiving, reasoning, and problem solving
Classical conditioning - Correct Answers -a type of learning in which one learns to link
two or more stimuli and anticipate events.
color blindness - Correct Answers -genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
consciousness - Correct Answers -our awarness of ourselves and our enviornment.
control group - Correct Answers -in an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the
treatment.
conditioned reflex - Correct Answers -is an automatic response that occurs as the result
of previous experience
TERMS/CONCEPTS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Absolute Threshold - Correct Answers -the minimum stimulation needed to detect a
particular stimulus 50% of the time.
Neuroscience - Correct Answers -perspective of psychology - how the body and brain
enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences.
evolutionary - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how the natural selection of
traits promoted the survival of genes.
Behavior genetics - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how much our genes
and our environment influence our individual differences.
Psychodynamic - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how behavior springs from
unconscious drives and conflicts.
Behavioral - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how we learn observable
responses.
Cognitive - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how we encode, process, store,
and retrieve information.
Social-cultural - Correct Answers -psychology perspective - how behavior and thinking
vary across situations and cultures.
Action potential - Correct Answers -a neural impulse, a brief electrical charge that
travels down an axon.
acuity - Correct Answers -eye sharpness
aggression - Correct Answers -physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone.
Bobo doll experiment - Correct Answers -Experiment that showed observal learning was
crucial (Bandura's experiment).
Attachment - Correct Answers -an emotional tie with another person
, Aversive conditioning - Correct Answers -a type of counterconditioning that associates
an unpleasant state (like nausea) with an unwanted behavior (like drinking alcohol).
Bell curve - Correct Answers -normal curve - a symmetrical curve that describes the
distribution of many types of data.
Binocular disparity - Correct Answers -difference between 2 images (greater disparity,
closer the object).
Binocular depth cues - Correct Answers -depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that
depend on the use of 2 eyes.
Blind spot - Correct Answers -the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye
aphasia - Correct Answers -impairment of language
Cerebellum - Correct Answers -"little brain" at the rear of the brainstem. Functions -
processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance.
Cerebral cortex - Correct Answers -interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral
hemispheres. The body's ultimate control and information-processing center.
Cerebral hemispheres - Correct Answers -divided into right and left by the cerebrum.
Right hemisphere - Correct Answers -Emotional, intuitive half of the brain; artistic or
creative skills; recognition of faces
Left hemisphere - Correct Answers -hemisphere of brain that specializes in speaking,
calculating, logic, language processing (concrete)
Cognitive development - Correct Answers -development of processes of knowing,
including imagining, perceiving, reasoning, and problem solving
Classical conditioning - Correct Answers -a type of learning in which one learns to link
two or more stimuli and anticipate events.
color blindness - Correct Answers -genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
consciousness - Correct Answers -our awarness of ourselves and our enviornment.
control group - Correct Answers -in an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the
treatment.
conditioned reflex - Correct Answers -is an automatic response that occurs as the result
of previous experience
