1. | | | Feminists argue that gender matters because _____. | | B. | it structures social relations between people | | | | | 2. | | | Sexuality refers to _____. | | A. | desire‚ sexual preference‚ sexual identity‚ and behavior | | | | | 3. | | | Gender studies can be said to focus on the relationship between _____. | | C. | nature and nurture | | | | | 4. | | | When we look back in history to examine ideas about sex‚ we find that
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subject that draws me to its attention in my daily life. Taking AP-Psychology course enhanced my understanding of the human mind‚ body and behavior. Psychology can be applied in every aspect of life and throughout the course‚ numerous concepts and theories that concerned the idea that how the mind works‚ makes people different or unique that someone else‚ always impressed me and seeing these different ideas that have come through Psychology has kept me curious and made me to continue learning more about
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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
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Acquisition: the initial stage when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus. 8.Action Potential: a neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon. 9.Activation Synthesis: theory that REM sleep triggers neural firing that evokes random images‚ which our sleep brain weaves into stories. 10.Adaptation Level Phenomenon: tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience. 11.Adrenal Glands: a pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the
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no longer important and there are few things that are missing too. In the quilt square‚ i said that i really loved being an athlete and I try to get involved in sports. But sadly‚ I don’t get involve in such athletic activities anymore. I took AP Psychology this year to understand myself‚ overcome my problems and turn back to a normal‚ happy and cheerful person. I guess I have achieved what I wanted. I was a very weak person last year‚ who used to over think and cry over things that were not worth
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Stephen King. Books are one of the major elements that made me have the decision to study in the field of Psychology. My inspiration for psychology came from a popular psychologist‚ in a chapter from a book series‚ “Princess Diaries”‚ by Meg Cabot. The story has strongly influenced me about how psychology explains humans’ cognition. Since then‚ I have been captivated to delve into psychology and develop my interest in the cognitive neuroscience
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Megan Stark and Hanna Spruill Mr. Donner AP Psychology 9 October 2012 Naturalistic Observation 1. Hypothesis: If a school age person goes to Starbucks‚ then they will order an iced drink. 2. The specific prediction that we were making is that the younger that a person is that goes to Starbucks‚ the more likely they are to get an iced drink. We both felt this would be true because many kids seem not to like coffee and young teens often enjoy the Frappuccino’s because they taste similar
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AP Psychology Exam Review Breakdown of Question Categories: 2-4% history – (prologue) 6-8% methods and approaches – (chapter 1) 8-10% biological bases of behavior – (chapter 2‚ 3‚ 14) 7-9% sensation and perception – (chapter 5‚ 6) 2-4% states of consciousness – (chapter 7) 7-9% learning – (chapter 8) 8-10% cognition – (chapter 9‚ 10) 7-9% motivation and emotion – (chapter 12‚ 13) 7-9% developmental psychology – (chapter 4) 6-8% personality – (chapter 15) 5-7% testing and individual
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AP Psychology 5-21-13 Trent is planning to apply to college‚ but has not yet decided where he will apply. When it comes to applying to colleges‚ many factors will play a role in helping him decide. All of those factors are found in the brain. When it comes to the brain and how we think‚ there are four major things that will help him decide‚ availability heuristic‚ compliance‚ prefrontal cortex and prospective memory. Trent will be using all four of these to decide which college he will apply
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AP Psychology Summer Assignment The article I chose was called‚ “Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?”. It was about how children as young as two and three years old can suffer from depression. The main point of this article was how depression impacts a child and the people‚ like their parents‚ around them. Children suffering from depression often feel the exact same symptoms as those that an adult with depression would suffer from. They can’t feel excitement‚ they have very low self-esteem‚ they
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