AP Psychology Summer Vocabulary
AP Psychology Summer Vocabulary
1. Absolute Threshold – The minimum amount of energy required for a sensory experience to be produced.
2. Accommodation – In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the process of changing existing schemas when new information cannot be assimilated.
3. Action Potential – The nerve impulse that travels down the axon and triggers the release of neurotransmitters into a synapse.
4. Afterimage Effect – A sensory experience that continues in the absence of the stimulus.
5. Algorithms – A problem solving procedure requiring repetition in order to eliminate possible answers until only the correct one remains.
6. Amygdala – An almond-shaped structure in the limbic system which plays a role in basic emotions, …show more content…
Modeling – the term used by Bandura to describe the process of learning and socialization, through observing and imitating others.
67. Nature vs. Nurture – A debate within psychology that explores the extent to which specific aspects of behavior are inherited or learnt as a result of environmental influences.
68. Negative Punishment – A desirable stimulus is taken away following a behavior in order to reduce the likelihood that the behavior will occur again in the future.
69. Negative Reinforcement – In operant conditioning, a method to increase the probability and strength of a response by removing or withholding an aversive stimulus.
70. Neuron – A cell of the nervous system that functions to receive and communicate information to other cells.
71. Neurotransmitter – Chemical messengers released by the terminals of a neuron which cross between the synapses of neurons, to have an excitatory or inhibitory effect on an adjacent neuron.
72. Neutral Stimulus – In classical conditioning, a stimulus which initially fails to elicit a response, but as conditioning continues, becomes a conditioned stimulus.
73. Object Performance – An understanding that objects continue to exist, despite being hidden from sight or
1. Absolute Threshold – The minimum amount of energy required for a sensory experience to be produced.
2. Accommodation – In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the process of changing existing schemas when new information cannot be assimilated.
3. Action Potential – The nerve impulse that travels down the axon and triggers the release of neurotransmitters into a synapse.
4. Afterimage Effect – A sensory experience that continues in the absence of the stimulus.
5. Algorithms – A problem solving procedure requiring repetition in order to eliminate possible answers until only the correct one remains.
6. Amygdala – An almond-shaped structure in the limbic system which plays a role in basic emotions, …show more content…
Modeling – the term used by Bandura to describe the process of learning and socialization, through observing and imitating others.
67. Nature vs. Nurture – A debate within psychology that explores the extent to which specific aspects of behavior are inherited or learnt as a result of environmental influences.
68. Negative Punishment – A desirable stimulus is taken away following a behavior in order to reduce the likelihood that the behavior will occur again in the future.
69. Negative Reinforcement – In operant conditioning, a method to increase the probability and strength of a response by removing or withholding an aversive stimulus.
70. Neuron – A cell of the nervous system that functions to receive and communicate information to other cells.
71. Neurotransmitter – Chemical messengers released by the terminals of a neuron which cross between the synapses of neurons, to have an excitatory or inhibitory effect on an adjacent neuron.
72. Neutral Stimulus – In classical conditioning, a stimulus which initially fails to elicit a response, but as conditioning continues, becomes a conditioned stimulus.
73. Object Performance – An understanding that objects continue to exist, despite being hidden from sight or