AP Psychology Exam Review Sheet



AP Psychology

“Confusing Pairs” Winter Assignment

Directions: Research each topic and write a corresponding summary of each including definitions and examples. Answers for pairs should be approximately 1-2 paragraphs (typed) in length. This assignment is due the first week of class. The final day to submit is Monday, JANUARY 14TH. Please note: the teacher is not responsible for printing your assignment. It should be printed when you enter the classroom and emailed assignments will not be accepted.

1. Independent Variable v. Dependent Variable

2. Random Selection vs. Random Assignment

3. Experimental Group v. Control Group

4. Left brain v. Right brain

5. Corpus Callosum v. Cerebral Cortex

6. Sympathetic Nervous System v. Parasympathetic

7. Neurotransmitters v. Hormones

8. Lateral Hypothalamus v. Ventromedial Hypothalamus

9. Broca’s Area v. Wernicke’s Area

10. Identical Twins v. Fraternal Twins

11. Afferent neurons v. Efferent neurons

12. Assimilation v. Accommodation

13. Concrete operations v. Formal operations

14. Sensation v. Perception

15. Rods v. Cones

16. Classical conditioning v. operant conditioning

17. Positive Reinforcement vs. Negative Reinforcement

18. Primacy effect v. Recency effect

19. Proactive interference v. retroactive

20. Implicit memory v. Explicit memory

21. Recall memory v. Recognition memory

22. Algorithms v. Heuristics

23. Representative heuristics v. Availability heuristics

24. Phonemes v. Morphemes

25. Fluid Intelligence v. Crystallized Intelligence

26. Validity v. Reliability

27. Achievement test v. Aptitude test

28. Intrinsic motivation v. Extrinsic motivation

29. Theory Y v. Theory X

30. Internal locus v. External locus

31. Lithium v. Librium

32. Type A v. Type B

33. Psychoanalysis vs. Psychotherapy

34. Latent content vs. Manifest content

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download