AP Psychology Final Review

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What is social desirability bias?

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The tendency to do surveys that will appear favorable to others.

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Which area of the brain is responsible for processing auditory information?

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Temporal lobe.

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What part of the brain is mainly responsible for processing strong emotions?

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Amygdala.

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What early school of psychology focused on the structure of the human mind through introspection?

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Structuralism.

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What are the three steps that all our senses use?

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Receive, transform, deliver.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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What is the function of the frontal lobe?

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Capacity to plan, organize, self-monitor, and behave.

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What is the 'knew-it-all-along' tendency?

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The tendency to believe that one would have predicted an outcome after knowing the result.

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What is functionalism in psychology?

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A school of thought that focuses on how mental processes help individuals adapt to their environment.

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What is the role of the corpus callosum?

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It connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain, facilitating communication between them.

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What is the definition of behaviorism?

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A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.