AP PSYCH EXAM REVIEW SHEET

Question 1

Famous for his classical conditioning experiments

Answer 1

Ivan Pavlov

Question 2

Famous for the controversial Little Albert classical conditioning experiment.

Answer 2

John B. Watson

Question 3

Famous for the “Skinner Box” to demonstrate operant conditioning in low level animals.

Answer 3

B. F. Skinner

Question 4

“Bo-Bo Doll” Experiment to demonstrate how children imitate anti-social behavior.

Answer 4

Albert Bandura

Question 5

First Woman to receive a Ph.D. in Psychology

Answer 5

Margaret Washburn

Question 6

American Psychological Association’s first female president, was denied a Ph.D. by Harvard.

Answer 6

Mary Calkins

Question 7

“Father” of Psychology, established the first experiment (Reaction time) and lab in Psychology in Lepzig, Germany

Answer 7

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 8

Important “Structuralist” - believed and used introspection

Answer 8

Edward Titchener

Question 9

A functionalist - Wrote the first Psychology textbook, father of American Psychology

Answer 9

William James

Question 10

Established the “Law ofEffect”- B.F. Skinner built upon his early work in learning

Answer 10

Edward Thorndike

Question 11

The humanistic perspective and therapy approach.

Answer 11

Maslow and Rogers

Question 12

“line-test” to show group conformity.

Answer 12

Solomon Asch

Question 13

Conformity test to show the power of an authority figure.

Answer 13

Stanley Milgram

Question 14

what is tested

Answer 14

Independent Variable

Question 15

what is measured

Answer 15

Dependent Variable

Question 16

group that is tested/receives the actual drug

Answer 16

Experimental Group

Question 17

compared to the experimental, receives the placebo

Answer 17

Control Group

Question 18

language and logic

Answer 18

Left brain

Question 19

creative and spatial

Answer 19

Right brain

Question 20

divides the brain

Answer 20

Corpus Callosum

Question 21

covers the brain

Answer 21

Cerebral Cortex

Question 22

“fight or flight”

Answer 22

Sympathetic Nervous System

Question 23

rest & digest

Answer 23

Parasympathetic

Question 24

in the nervous system

Answer 24

Neurotransmitters

Question 25

in the endocrine system

Answer 25

Hormones

Question 26

stimulates hunger, if destroyed NO interest in food

Answer 26

Lateral Hypothalamus

Question 27

suppresses hunger, if destroyed will eat in excess

Answer 27

Ventromedial Hypothalamus

Question 28

makes words (speech)

Answer 28

Broca's Area

Question 29

comprehends words

Answer 29

Wernicke's Area

Question 30

same fertilized egg

Answer 30

Identical Twins

Question 31

two separate eggs

Answer 31

Fraternal Twins

Question 32

bottom-up processing

Answer 32

Sensation

Question 33

top-down processing

Answer 33

Perception

Question 34

Rods

Answer 34

night vision

Question 35

Cones

Answer 35

color vision

Question 36

Classical conditioning

Answer 36

involuntary

Question 37

operant conditioning

Answer 37

voluntary

Question 38

you control the environment

Answer 38

Internal locus

Question 39

environment controls you

Answer 39

External locus