AP Psychology Review Game

Square

100

Introspection

Asking a person to

observe themselves think or perceive

200

Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic approach asserts that people are motivated by powerful, unconscious drives and conflicts.

300

Gestalt

 When trying to make sense of the world around us, Gestalt psychology suggests that we do not simply focus on every small component.

400

Behaviorism

 It was very popular around 1950 that expression was less valuable and important than your social appearance.

500

Eclectic

Using a variety of different methods of the many waves. Psychologists would choose and pick different theories that depended on the client's situation.

Circle

100

Structuralism

studying the mind by what it is made of

200

Functionalism

- attempt to study what the mind does or its function

300

Founded the first Laboratory

Wilhelm Wundt

400

Cultural

Says our behavior is influenced by the culture we live in.

500

Behavioral

Focuses on observable behaviors while putting feelings to the side

Triangle

100

Psychoanalytic

elates to not just the behavior that an individual engages in, but why they engage in it. there is a reason for everything an individual does and it is related directly to something that has occurred in that individual's past.

200

Biopsychology

deals with brain chemistry

300

Humanistic

Focuses on what you need to do to be better, focused on spirituality and free will.

400

Cognitive

focuses on how internal thoughts and feelings influence one's behavior, how you think about stuff.

500

Evolutionary

We behave the way we do because we

inherited those behaviors. 

Rectangle

100

Barnum Effect

• It is the tendency for people to accept very general or vague characterizations of themselves and take them to be accurate.

200

Applied Research

• has clear, practical applications.

300

Basic Research

• explores questions that you may be curious about, but not intended to be immediately used.

400

Hypothesis

Expresses a relationship between two variables.

500

Independent Variable

Whatever is being manipulated in the experiment.

Star

100

Dependent Variable

• Whatever is being measured in the experiment.

200

Hawthorne Effect

• Just the fact that you know you are in an experiment can cause change.