AP Psychology Fall Final Exam 2024 Study Guide PDF
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This is a study guide for the AP Psychology Fall Final Exam of 2024. It covers various topics in psychology, including research methods, biological bases of behavior, states of consciousness, sensation/perception, and cognition/intelligence.
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AP PSYCHOLOGY FALL FINAL EXAM 2024 Study Guide Intro Unit - History + Approaches Unit I Part 3 + Unit 2 Part 1 - Sensation + Perception - THE BIG 7 perspectives (how does each...
AP PSYCHOLOGY FALL FINAL EXAM 2024 Study Guide Intro Unit - History + Approaches Unit I Part 3 + Unit 2 Part 1 - Sensation + Perception - THE BIG 7 perspectives (how does each - parts/function of the eye perspective explain behavior) - parts/function of the ear - Structuralism v. Functionalism - 5 senses - light waves v. sound waves (and Unit 0 - Research + Methods associated vocab) - rods/cones - research models - top-down v. bottom-up processing (survey/nat.ob/experiment/case study) - Weber's law - ethical principles - Young-Helmholtz v. opponent process - measures of central tendency - gate control theory - standard deviation (will not make you - absolute threshold v. difference threshold calculate, but why do we use? how do you interpret?) Unit 2 Part 2 - Cognition - survey design - correlation v. causation - process of making a memory - correlation coefficient - types of memory/capacity - independent v. dependent variable - effortful v. automatic processing - random sampling v. random assignment - parallel processing - experimental design - flashbulb memory - prototype v. category Unit 1 Part 1 - Biological Bases of Behavior - algorithm v. heuristic - confirmation bias - parts/function of the neuron - convergent v. divergent thinking - parts/function of the nervous system - explicit v. implicit memory - parts/function of the brain - retroactive v. proactive interference - plasticity - memory tricks (mnemonics, chunking, - rest/digest v. fight/flight (nervous testing effect, etc.) system) - parts of brain involved in memory Unit 1 Part 2 - States of Consciousness Unit 2 Part 3 - Intelligence - psychoactive drug categories - sleep stages/characteristics - Flynn effect - fluid vs. crystallized intelligence - standardization - validity (types of) - reliability (types of) - major theories of intelligence (chart)
