AP PSYCH EXAM REVIEW

a phenomenon that occurs when a researcher's expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results obtained

• bias
• Experimental clause
• Experimental bias
• Experimental phenomenon 

suggested rules for acting responsibly and morally when conducting research or in clinical practices

• Ethical Guidelines
• Rules
• Guidelines
• Procedures

a statistical measure of the degree of relatedness or association between two sets of data that ranges from -1 to +1

• Average 
• Correlation
• Coefficient
• Correlation coefficient

a field that involves the analysis of numerical data about representative samples of population

• Biology
• Statistics
• World History
• Psychology 

a field that involves the analysis of numerical data about representative samples of population

• Neuroanatomy
• Anatomy
• Neurology 
• Earth Science

States that a neuron must either fire completely or not at all; a neuron cannot fire a little or a lot - the impulse is the same every time.

• everything principle
• None- or- everything principle
• Nothing- or- all principle
• All-or-none principle

Neurotransmitter that controls motor movement and alertness; a lack of it is associated with Parkinson's disease while an overabundance is associated with schizophrenia.

• Dopamine
• Endorphins
• Serotonin
• Acetylcholine

The electric message firing of neurons.

• Myelin sheath
• Synapse
• Action potential
• Terminal buttons

the raw data of experience; sensory stimulation; example are eyes only register light energy and ears only register wave energy

• sensation
• expression
• feeling
• perception

Just Noticeable Difference (JND); the smallest change in stimulation that you can detect 50% of the time; differs from one person to the other (and from moment to moment); tells us the flexibility of sensory systems

• difference
• absolute threshold 
• threshold
• difference threshold