AP Psychology
Core Concepts Listed Alphabetically
Absolute threshold
Accommodation (perceptual)
Accommodation (Piaget)
Acetylcholine (Ach)
Action potential
Activation synthesis hypothesis
Adolescence
Aggression
Agoraphobia
Algorithms
All or none law
Altruism
Alzheimer's disease
Amnesia
Amygdala
Anal stage
Anorexia nervosa
Anterograde amnesia
Antidepressant drugs
Antipsychotic drugs
Antisocial personality disorder
Anxiety disorders
Archetypes
Assimilation
Association areas
Attachment
Attitude
Attribution
Autonomic nervous system
Availability heuristic
Aversion therapy
Axon
Basilar membrane
Behavior therapy
Behavioral genetics
Behaviorism
Big five
Binocular cues
Biofeedback
Biopsychosocial model
Bipolar disorder
Blind spot
Bottom up processing
Bulimia nervosa
Cannon Bard theory
Case study
Cell body
Central nervous system (CNS)
Cerebellum
Cerebral cortex
Chromosomes
Chunking
Circadian rhythms
Classical conditioning
Client centered therapy
Cochlea
Cognition
Cognitive dissonance
Cognitive map
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive therapy
Collective unconscious
Concept
Concrete operational stage
Conditioned response (CR)
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
Cones
Confirmation bias
Conformity
Consciousness
Conservation
Continuous reinforcement
Control group
Convergence
Conversion disorders
Cornea
Corpus callosum
Correlation coefficient
Correlational research
Creativity
Critical period
Cross sectional study
Crystallized intelligence
CT (computed tomography) scan
Dark adaptation
Decay theory
Declarative memory
Defense mechanisms
Deindividuation
Delusions
Dendrites
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Dependent variable
Depressants
Descriptive statistics
Developmental psychology
Difference threshold
Diffusion of responsibility
Discrimination (social behavior)
Discriminative stimulus
Displacement (defense mechanism)
Dissociative amnesia
Dissociative disorders
Dissociative fugue
Dissociative identity disorder
Divergent thinking
Double blind study
Drive
DSM-IV
Eardrum
Ego
Egocentrism
Elaborative rehearsal
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Embryo
Emotion
Emotional intelligence
Encoding
Encoding specificity principle
Endocrine system
Endorphins
Episodic memory
Evolutionary psychology
Experiment
Experimental group
Explicit memory
Extinction (classical conditioning)
Extinction (operant conditioning)
Extrinsic motivation
Facial feedback hypothesis
Factor analysis
Family therapy
Feature detector
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetus
Fixation (Freudian)
Fixed interval schedule
Fixed ratio schedule
Flashbulb memories
Fluid intelligence
Forebrain
Formal operational stage
Fovea
Fraternal twins
Free association
Frequency theory
Frontal lobes
Frustration aggression hypothesis
Functional fixedness
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Functionalism
Fundamental attribution error
g factor
Gate control theory
Gender
Gender identity
Gender roles
Gene
General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Genital stage
Genotype
Gestalt psychology
Glial cells
Group polarization
Group therapy
Groupthink
Habituation
hallic stage
Hallucinations
Hallucinogens
haping
Health psychology
Heritability
Heuristic
Hierarchy of needs
Hindbrain
Hippocampus
Homeostasis
Hormones
Hue
Humanistic psychology
Hypnosis
Hypochondriasis
Hypothalamus
Hypothesis
Id
Identical twins
Implicit memory
Imprinting
Incentive
Independent variable
Inferential statistics
Informed consent
Insight (learning)
Insomnia
Instinct
Intelligence
Intelligence quotient (IQ)
Interneurons
Intrinsic motivation
Introspection
Inventory (MMPI)
Iris
James-Lange theory
Language
Latency stage
Latent content
Latent learning
Law of effect
Learned helplessness
Learning
Lens
Limbic system
Locus of control
Long term memory (LTM)
Long term potentiation (LTP)
Longitudinal study
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Maintenance rehearsal
Major depressive disorder
Mania
Manifest content
Maturation
Mean
Median
Meditation
Medulla
Memory
Menarche
Menopause
Mental age
Mental retardation
Mental set
Meta analysis
Midbrain
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Mnemonic devices
Mode
Monocular cues P
Mood disorders
Morpheme
Motivation
Motor cortex
Motor neurons
Myelin sheath
Narcolepsy
Natural selection
Naturalistic observation
Need for achievement
Negative reinforcement
Neurons
Neurotransmitters
Norm (testing)
Normal distribution
Obedience
Object permanence
Observational learning
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Occipital lobes
Oedipus complex
Olfaction
Operant conditioning
Operational definition
Opiates
Opponent process theory (color)
Optic nerve
Oral stage
Panic disorder
Parasympathetic nervous system
Parietal lobes
Partial reinforcement
Perception
Perceptual constancy
Peripheral nervous system
Personality
Personality disorders
Phenotype
Pheromones
Phobia
Phoneme
Physical dependence
Pitch
Pituitary gland
Place theory
Placebo
Placebo effect
Pleasure principle
Polygraph
Pons
Population
Positive reinforcement
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prejudice
Preoperational stage
Primacy effect
Primary reinforcers
Priming
Proactive interference
Procedural memory
Projection
Projective tests
Prototype
Psychoactive drugs
Psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic theories
Psychology
Psychoneuroimmunology
Psychophysics
Psychosexual stages
Psychosurgery
Psychotherapy
Puberty
Punishment
Pupil
Random assignment
Range
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
Rationalization
Reaction formation
Reality principle
Recall
Receptors
Reciprocal determinism
Recognition
Reflex S
Reinforcement
Reliability
REM sleep
Replication
Representativeness heuristic
Repression
Resistance
Resting potential
Reticular formation
Retina
Retinal disparity
Retrieval
Retroactive interference
Retrograde amnesia
Rods
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Sample
Schedule of reinforcement
Schemas
Schizophrenia
Scientific method
Secondary reinforcers
Self actualization
Self concept
Self efficacy
Self fulfilling prophecy
Self serving bias
Semantic memory
Semantics
Sensation
Sensorimotor stage
Sensory adaptation
Sensory memory
Sensory neurons
Serial position effect
Set point (weight)
Sexual orientation
Shape constancy
Signal detection theory
Size constancy
Sleep apnea
Social facilitation
Social loafing
Social norms
Social phobia
Social psychology
Social support
Somatic nervous system
Somatoform disorders
Specific phobia
Spinal cord
Spontaneous recovery
Standard deviation
Standardization
State dependent memory
Stereotype
Stimulants
Stimulus discrimination
Stimulus generalization
Storage
Stress
Stressors
Structuralism
Subliminal perception
Superego Zygote
Survey
Sympathetic nervous system
Synapse
Syntax
Systematic desensitization
Taste buds
Telegraphic speech
Temperament
Temporal lobes
Teratogens
Thalamus
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Theory
Token economy
Tolerance
Top down processing
Trait
Transduction
Transference
Triarchic theory of intelligence
Trichromatic theory
Two factor theory of emotion
Type A behavior pattern
Type B behavior pattern
Unconditional positive regard
Unconditioned response (UCR)
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
Unconscious
Validity
Variable interval schedule
Variable ratio schedule
Variables
Vestibular sense
Weber's law
Working memory
