Unit 5 AP Psychology

Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event.

• Misinformation effect

• Source misattribution

• Priming

• Confirmation bias

Tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions.

• Confirmation bias

• Hindsight bias

• Overconfidence bias

• Belief perseverance

The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.

• Priming

• Framing

• Encoding

• Processing

The process of getting information into memory is called_______

• priming

• chunking

• encoding

• storing

The activity that occurs in our heads, directed by our brain, that allows us to identify, process, and interpret experiences.

• Recall

• Cognition

• Memory

• Rehearsal

Fill in the chart! (Operant Conditioning)

Fill out the chart! (Reinforcement Schedules)

The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.

• Stress

• Anxiety

• Fear

• Panic

The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus.

• Habituation

• Sensitization

• Adaptation

• Conditioning

A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

• Concept

• Schema

• Prototype

• Category