AP Psych Final/Exam Review

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According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream

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latent content

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reoccurring problems in a falling or saying asleep

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insomnia

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Group polarization is the tendency for

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a group's opinion to strengthen after discussion with like-minded people.

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You may experience cognitive dissonance if: you learn that a friend you have been sticking up for has lied to you., you take a job that you dislike in order to feed your family., you are required to write an essay on a topic you don't agree with., all of the above

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you learn that a friend you have been sticking up for has lied to you.

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Prejudice is a(n) _____ while discrimination is a(n) _____.

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attitude; behavior

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a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory.

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working memory

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the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system.

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sensory memory

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the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.

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retroactive interference

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organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically.

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chunking

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a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.

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iconic memory