Personality (The Psychoanalytic Perspective) Objectives: Describe what is meant by personality, and explain how Freud’s treatment of psychological disorders led to his study of the unconscious. Describe personality structure in terms of the interactions of the id, ego and superego. Identify Freud’s psychosexual stages of development, and describe the effects of fixation on behavior. Explain … Continue reading “Personality”
B Babbling stage Beginning at 3 to 4 months, the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language Barbiturates Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment Basal metabolic rate The body’s resting rate of … Continue reading “Babbling stage”
Motivation Achievement motivation a desire for significant accomplishment: mastery of things, people, or ideas, for attaining a high standard Anorexia nervosa an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person (usually an adolescent female) diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve Basal metabolic rate the body’s resting rate of energy expenditure … Continue reading “Motivation”
Personality Collective Unconscious Carl Jung’s concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species’ history. Collectivism Giving priority to the goals of one’s group (often one’s extended family or work group) and defining one’s identity accordingly. Defense Mechanisms In psychoanalytic theory, the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality. … Continue reading “Personality”
1997 AP Psychology Free-Response Questions Directions: You have 50 minutes to answer BOTH of the following questions. It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument based on your critical analysis of the question posed. Many people are concerned about the effects of the use of … Continue reading “1997 AP Psychology Free-Response”
Emotion Emotion is at the heart of who we are as people. It is a reflection of our mental state. For the AP exam you will have to be aware of three different theories that try to explain how and why we have emotions. James-Lange Theory of Emotion William James and Carl Lange theorized that … Continue reading “Emotion”
Before I get started in AP Psychology I need to know that…. My teacher was a schmoolie in high school!!! I discovered I was an schmoolie in high school. I started dating my first girlfriend in the spring of my sophomore year. Here is a photo of her from high school (yeah right). Well it … Continue reading “One thing I detest about living”
Quick Reminder: Now that we have learned about how we grow (developmental psychology) and what can go wrong with us as we grow (psychology disorders) it is time to examine these processes through the different schools/perspectives of psychology. For example, we learned what phobias were in the last unit. But we never discussed how people … Continue reading “Quick Reminder”
When carrying out the internal assessment, nothing seems to worry students (and teachers) more than the application of inferential statistics. And yet – it is actually not as difficult as it may seem. The Mann Whitney U test is used when we have an independent samples design. Even though I may have interval or ratio … Continue reading “The Mann Whitney U test”
The introduction of the internal assessment provides a rationale for the investigation. It must contain relevant previous research or background material, developing logically into a discussion of the reasoning behind the current study, and with a clear statement of the investigation’s aim(s) and/or hypotheses. A good introduction should provide a logical flow of the ideas … Continue reading “The introduction of the internal”
