AP Psychology

Coach Burton

Ch 1-

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningHistory/Approach Woodstock Wolverines -Suck Way to remember the creation

of structuralismWilliam Wundt-Structuralism

History/Approach Won’t James Fight WJ-FWilliam James- Functionalism

History Da’ Nerve of Descartes Descartes first suggested the idea of pathways (Nerves) that carried signals from parts of our body to our brains…in a time in history when this wasn’t accepted…The nerve of him!

Waves of Psychology through history

Individuals Getting Prepared Because its ExpectedIGPBE(speaking of you getting ready for the test…because…its expected)

Introspection, Gestalt, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Eclectic

Perspectives of Psychology PCB=HENDSPanama City Beach= Hedonistic Endeavors Never Dare Stop

Psychoanalysis, Cognitive, Behavioral, Humanistic, Evolutionary, Neuroscience, Developmental, Socio-cultural

Biology

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningNeurotransmitters GENES

DAGGABA , Endorphins, Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Serotonin, Dopamine, Acetylcholine, Glutamate

Broca’s Area If Broca is broke no words you spoke

Way to remember the Broca’s area works to create speech.

Wernicke Area Wernicke’s says—She mak frern smeck?

Shows you don’t understand what is being said.

Neural/ nerve direction SAME Sensory Afferent/Moto EfferentLobes of the Brain F-POT Frontal, Parietal, Occipital,

TemporalMPRTC My Psychology Roommate

Freaking Talks Crap ConstantlyParts of the brain working up from simple to more complexMedulla, Pons, Reticular Formation, Thalamus, Cerebral Cortex

Developmental

Piaget’s Stages Stupid Piaget Creates Fuss Sensory motor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational

Erickson’s Stages It's a song, to the tune of the Mickey Mouse song (M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E): "MSG, IRI, la la la(doesn’t mean anything, SD".

Each letter represents the second part of the stage (the negative thing), in order:trust vs. MISTRUSTautonomy vs. SHAME and doubtinitiative vs. GUILTindustry vs. INFERIORITYidentity vs. ROLE confusionintimacy vs. ISOLATIONgenerativity vs. STAGNATIONintegrity vs. DESPAIR

Freud’s Psychosexual stages of Development

Owls Always Play Late Games(because owls are out at night…get it!...FUNNY)

Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital

Kohlberg PCP- Like the drug…but not! P re-Conventional - reward and punishment decide moralsC onventional - Friends and society decideP ost-Conventional - You decide

Perception

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningMonocular Cues SLIT-R Things you can detect with one

eye that you can tell distance/position;Size, Linier perspective, Interposition, Texture gradient - Relative size

Binocular Cues RC Things you need both eyes to detect distance/position.

Retinal DisparityConvergence

Laws of Perceptual grouping Law of - PCCPSPsychology Can Cause Psychosis in Students

Law of P roximity -If they are close you see them as a group

Law of C ontinuity - Gestalt- you brain wants to continue things together

Law of ( C losure) -Gestalt- things that seem to have edges can be closed together into objects even if they don’t exisit

Law of P ragnanz - Gestalt- simplest thing emerges first

Law of S imilarity - like things are grouped first

States of Consciousness

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningStages of Sleep (Sleep Waves) Awake

Stage 1-TStage 2-SStages 3-4-DAs The Sleep Deepens

Awake- Alpha WavesStage 1- Theta WavesStage2- Sleep SpindlesStages 3/4 – Delta Waves

REM REM Rapid Eye Movement ---it’s a Mnemonic on its own

Sleep Disorders NSSN IBM

New System Software Now! IBM

Narcolepsy: A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks.

Somnambulism: Sleepwalking. The sleepwalker can walk, talk and see, but will have little or no memory of the event when they wake up.

Night Terrors: A sleep related problem characterized by high alertness and an appearance of being terrified.

Sleep apnea: A sleep disorder characterized by a temporary stoppage in breathing forcing the person to wake up.

Insomnia: Recurring problems fall or staying asleep.

Bruxism: Teeth grinding.

Myoclonus: Sudden movement or flinch of a body part occurring in Stage 1 or 2.

Biological Rhythms of life ICU- Intensive Care Unit. Where you’d be unconscious…probably

Infradian Rhythms: Occur once a month or a season.Ex. Bears hibernatingCircadian Rhythms: Occur once during a 24 hour period.Ex. The sleep-wake cycle.Ultradian Rhythms: Occur more than once a day.Ex. The various stages of sleep each night..

Major drug categories and actions

SHDShe Has Drugs

Stimulates, Hallucinogens, Depressants

Learning

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningClassical Conditioning Cherokee County Police

Department (CCPD)Classical Conditioning-Pavlov’s Dog

Operant Conditioning Best Friends Support Our Craziness (BFS-OC)

B.F.Skinner-Operant Conditioning

Schedules for rewards and punishment in Operant Conditioning

FI VI FR VR Fixed Internal- set amount of time before reward

Variable Interval-changes amount of time before reward

Fixed Ratio- set amount of answers before reward

Variable Ratio-don’t know how many answers before reward

Bandura and BOBO Bandura showed with BOBO that babies would behave badly because they saw beatings

Bandura showed that children who saw violent behavior would act more violent

Cognition

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningInformation/Memory Process

SSSL

Sally Sassafras Should Learn

Sensory input ->Sensory Memory -> Short-term memory-> Long-term memory

Why/How we forget PMS TABB Persistence- can’t put other memories out of our mind.Misattribution- wrong association of place or timeSuggestibility- others cause us to forget because we are suggested to (this one is un-intentional)

Transience- we forget more over timeAbsent-Mindedness- lapses in attentionBlocking- forgetting because of interference in rememberingBias- others influencing us to see it their way (this one is intentional)

Personality

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningDefense Mechanisms R4 D2 ISP Repression, Regression,

Rationalization, Reaction Formation, Displacement, Denial, Intellectualizing, Sublimation, Projection

Carl Rogers’s Person-Centered Perspective

AGE Acceptance, Genuineness, Empathy

Five-Factor Theory ACE EO

All Cell Eventual Evolve Open

• BIG FIVE personality traits:

1. Agreeableness2. Conscientiousness3. Extraversion

4. Emotional Stability5. Openness to experience

Abnormal Psychology

Topic Mnemonic Device MeaningTypes of Disorders

Think of it like a new medical show about a doctor that helps mental patients Spades… It would be called SPADES MD.

SchizophreniaPersonalityAnxietyDevelopmentalEatingSomatoform

MoodDisassoative