🧠 Psicologia AP
Termini e concetti chiave per il curriculum di Psicologia AP.
📈Polygraph
A machine commonly used in attempts to detect lies.
😴Pons
Part of the brainstem that helps coordinate movement and sleep.
⬆️Positive Correlation
A relationship where two variables increase or decrease together.
🍬Positive Reinforcement
Adding a desirable stimulus to strengthen behavior.
🔮Predictive Validity
The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict.
🔑Priming
The activation of associations in memory.
🔑Priming
The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.
⏪Proactive Interference
The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
🔧Problem-Focused Coping
Attempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor.
🤝Prosocial Behavior
Positive, constructive, helpful behavior.
🖼️Prototype
A mental image or best example of a category.
💊Psychoactive Drugs
Chemicals that change perceptions and moods.
🧪Psychoneuroimmunology
The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health.
⚡Punishment
An event that decreases the behavior it follows.
👁️Pupil
The adjustable opening in the eye through which light enters.
🎲Random Assignment
Assigning participants to groups by chance.
🎯Random Sample
A sample in which every member of the population has an equal chance.
📏Range (AP Psychology)
The difference between the highest and lowest values.
🧠Recall
A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier.
✅Recognition
A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned.
⚡Reflex
An automatic, involuntary response to a stimulus.
⏸️Refractory Period
A brief rest period after a neuron fires.
⏸️Refractory Period
A resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm.
🔁Rehearsal
The conscious repetition of information.
➕Reinforcement
Any event that strengthens a behavior.
🔁Relearning
A measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again.
🔄Reliability
The extent to which a test yields consistent results.
😴REM Sleep
Rapid eye movement sleep, where dreaming occurs.
👤Representativeness Heuristic
Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they match a prototype.
🚫Repression
The basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts from consciousness.