AP Psychology Flashcard

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What is the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment?

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Sensation

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Which subtopic of AP Psychology focuses on how we select, organize, and interpret sensory information? Options: Learning, Perception, Cognition, Consciousness

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Perception

Front

What is the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors?

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learning

Front

Which subtopic of AP Psychology focuses on the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating?

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Cognitive Psychology

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What is the process of retaining and retrieving information over time?

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memory

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Which subtopic of AP Psychology focuses on the process of learning associations between environmental events and behavioral responses? Options: Social Psychology, Learning and Conditioning, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology

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Learning and Conditioning

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What is the term for a relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience?

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learning

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Which subtopic of AP Psychology focuses on the mental processes of acquiring, storing, and using information? Options: Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Developmental Psychology

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Cognitive Psychology

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What is the term for the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information in the memory system?

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memory consolidation