Sandra DeMers
AP Psychology
Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies
Over the course of the semester, each student will be required to keep a sewn composition
book with terms, their definitions, and a real world example (RWE). No spiral bound
notebooks are allowed – the pages rip out over time and with use. If something happens and
you absolutely must rip out a page, be sure to find the rest of the page (on the other side of the
seam) and rip it out as well, otherwise, it will eventually just fall out on its own.
You will probably need a second composition book, so buy two while they are on sale!
The format for the sewn composition book is as follows:
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Divide each page neatly into three vertical columns.
In the first column, write the term.
NUMBER the terms as you go.
In the second (and widest) column, write the definition.
In the third column, write a real world example (RWE) both to help you remember
the term and to show understanding of how the term is applied in life.
Skip a line between terms.
ALL WORK MUST BE NEATLY HAND WRITTEN!
For example:
Term
1. structuralism
Definition
an early school of psychology that used
introspection to explore the structural elements
of the human mind
RWE
engage people in
self-reflection
2. functionalism
a school of psych that focused on how our
mental and behavioral processes function
how processes enable
us to adapt, survive,
and flourish
3. behaviorism
the view that psych (1) should be an objective
science that (2) studies behavior without reference
to mental processes. Most research psychologists
agree with (1) but not with (2).
one cannot observe
sensation, feeling, or
thought, but one can
see behavior
The terms above are examples of the type of terms that will be covered in the text. All terms can
be found listed at the ends of the chapters on a review page under the heading “Terms and
Concepts to Remember.” Term definitions can be found in ANY online psychology e-text, so
even if you do not have your own book, you can define the terms.
A word about the text: Lectures are drawn from several, newer texts, and you will need to know
the added terms for the AP exam. The text is a reference book, not the entire course.
Prologue
People:
1. Socrates
2. Plato
3. Aristotle
4. Rene’ Descartes
5. Francis Bacon
6. John Locke
7. G Stanley Hall
8. William Wundt
9. Edward Bradford Titchener
Terms:
1. empiricism
2. structuralism
3. functionalism
4. behaviorism
5. humanistic psychology
6. cognitive neuroscience
7. psychology
8. nature-nurture issue
9. natural selection
10. levels of analysis
11. biopsychosocial approach
12. neuroscience perspective
13. evolutionary perspective
14. behavior genetics perspective
15. psychodynamic perspective
10. William James
11. Charles Darwin
12. Mary Whiton Calkins
13. Margaret Floy Washburn
14. John B. Watson
15. B. F. Skinner
16. Sigmund Freud
17. Carl Rogers
18. Abraham Maslow
16. behavioral perspective
17. cognitive perspective
18. social-cultural perspective
19. complementary perspectives
20. psychometrics
21. basic research
22. applied research
23. clinical psychology
24. psychiatry
25. positive psychology
26. experimental psychology
27. evolutionary psychology
28. industrial-organizational psychology
29. educational psychology
30. SQ3R
Chapter 1
1. hindsight bias
2. critical thinking
3. theory
4. hypothesis
5. operational definition
6. replication
7. case study
8. survey
9. population
10. sampling bias
11. random sample
12. naturalistic observation
13. correlation
14. correlation coefficient
15. scatterplots
16. illusory correlation
17. experiment
18. experimental group
19. control group
20. independent variable
21. dependent variable
22. random assignment
23. double-blind procedure
24. placebo effect
25. confounding variable
26. validity
27. descriptive statistics
28. mode
29. mean
30. median
31. range
32. skewed distribution
33. standard deviation
34. normal curve
35. statistical significance
36. inferential statistics
37. ethics
38. informed consent
39. debriefing
40. culture