3. Structuralism
This concept is one school of psychology that focuses on breaking down thought and finding
commonalities. This garbage disposal breaks down food and one can find common ingredients between
foods
4. Functionalism
This is another school of psychology that focused on mental processes and thoughts as being like a
stream and unable to break down. This picture represents that thoughts are a continuous stream
5. NaturalisticObservation
This a type of research in which the subjects are observed and studied in their natural habitats without a
controlled situation. This picture shows that I am observing my father in a natural setting without
disturbing him.
6. BasicResearch
This is a type of research that only aims to increase the knowledge base. This picture shows
that these students are only trying to gain more information about a certain subject.
8. Reuptake
This term refers to when extra neurotransmitters in the synapse are absorbed by the sending
neuron. This picture shows that the extra food taken from the fridge is put back in it.
9. Dendrite
This is the branchy extensions of the neuron that receives messages from a neighboring neuron. This
picture shows that mail is being received by me in my hand, and the fingers are like the “branches” of
the dendrite.
10. Axon
This is an extension of the neuron that brings messages to other neurons or to muscles or glands via the
synapse. This picture shows that the send button and arrow act as the axon, taking the message toward
its recipient through cyberspace (the synapse).
11. ParasympatheticNervousSystem
This a division of the peripheral nervous system that calms and relaxes the body. This
picture shows that my dog is trying calm down and conserve energy by panting.
13. CorpusCallosum
This is thick band of neural fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres and allows them to
communicate. This picture shows the fingers are the fibers and the left and the right hands are
connected.
14. Medulla
This is the part of the brainstem that regulates heart rate and breathing. This inhaler
represents the medulla because it helps restore normal breathing.
15. Hypothalamus
This part of the limbic system maintains homeostasis and rewards the body for doing so.
This picture shows that I was rewarded for maintaining my good grade for Spanish class.
16. Cerebellum
This part of the brainstem that balances the body and controls coordination. This picture
shows my dog is using his cerebellum to stay upright while walking on the stairs
18. Latentdreamcontent
This refers to the actual hidden meaning behind one’s dream. This picture shows the
original words and their difficult to discern meaning, which represents the term.
19. Manifestdreamcontent
This is the remembered storyline or summary of a dream. This picture shows the summary
of a certain scene in Macbeth and has a basic storyline, representing the term.
20. Circadianrhythms
This term refers to each person’s biological clock, which is the cycle of rhythms (temperature, basic
arousal) over about a 24 hour period. This picture shows that my dogs are at a point in their cycles when
they usually go to sleep.
21. LSD
This a drug that is extremely hallucinogenic. This picture is very odd and seems like a
hallucination that LSD could cause.
23. Attachment
This is the emotional tie with someone else, especially with a parent. This picture shows
that my dogs have an attachment to my father.
24. Teratogens
This anything that can harm an embryo or a fetus during prenatal development. Wine is one
of these because it contains alcohol.
25. Habituation
This is the process by which one becomes less and less responsive to a repeated stimulus. I have
become habituated to the alarm sound of my clock, and so, I do not respond to it much.
26. Egocentrism
This is Piaget’s idea that children have trouble taking another person’s point of view. My
father is showing this because he assumes that because he can see the TV, I can, too.
28. AbsoluteThreshold
This is the minimum stimulation required for someone to detect something half of the time.
This picture shows that the volume on the computer is above my absolute threshold.
29. Top-downprocessing
This is when we build perceptions of the world based on expectations and experience. I judge the
difficulty of these math problems based on my experience of how hard the first few problems in
each homework set usually are and my expectations based on how well I fared on the other
problems in this set.
30. Differencethreshold
This is the just noticeable difference, or the minimum difference between two stimuli that someone can
detect. Here, the difference between the dusty and clean areas on the table is above this threshold
31. Transduction
This is the process by which one form of energy is converted into another., and in sensation, it is when
stimulus energies from the senses are changed into neural messages. Here, the solar panel on the
calculator transduces light into electricity to power the calculator.
33. Accommodation
In sensation, this refers to when the lens of the eye changes its curvature to focus on a
stimulus. This camera similarly adjusts its lens to focus on an object.
34. Rods
These are cells in your retina that do not see color. This picture shows what rods see
35. Opponent-ProcessTheory
This states that color vision occurs because of 3 pairs of opposing processes: red-green, yellow-
blue, white-black. This explains afterimages, which occur when you stare at something for a long
time you will see the opposite color once you look away. This picture shows this because after
staring at the white light, you will see black.
36. HumanFactorsPsychology
This is a branch of psychology that focuses on improving environments to make them safer for people.
This picture shows that this corner is dangerous and so a human factors psychologist would attempt to
fix it.
38. ClassicalConditioning
I have been classically conditioned to respond to my phone vibrating when I get a message. First, I would
just respond to when I saw the message, but the phone’s vibration became a conditioned stimulus and
checking my phone became a conditional response.
39. Generalization
My dog has generalized his reaction of jumping at the TV to all living things moving quickly
on the TV.
53. WAIS
This shows this term because it is a puzzle, and the performance section of this intelligence
test involves similar ones.
54. Gardner
This shows this term because Gardner believed in multiple intelligences that were separate
from each other.
55. g
This shows this term because g is general intelligence, is the one factor that underlies all
abilities and is tested by all parts of intelligence tests.
56. Savantsyndrome
This shows this term because Einstein did not speak until very late in his early years and he
did not do well in school, but was still very talented at math and science.
58. Contentvalidity
This shows this term because the test asks questions on topics for which it was designed.
This was created to test us on identities, and it did that.
59. Reliability
This represents this term because the bombs used in tests during and used to end World
War II gave the same results: widespread destruction.
60. PredictiveValidity
This represents this term because this book was designed to help students do better on the
actual AP Psychology tests, and, in my experience, it usually predicts how well you will do.
61. Test-retestreliability
This represents this term because I have gotten the silver medal on the National Spanish
Exam all three years I have taken it, so my scores are consistent.
64. Setpoint
This shows this term because one’s body has a set normal weight, makes one try to get
back to it, and the scale shows if the weight is not at this point.
65. Flow
This shows this term because when I play video games, I lose my sense of my time and am
fully engaging my abilities into them.
66. Incentive
This shows this term because the smell of the oven cooking would increase my drive to eat.
74. Adaptation-levelphenomenon
This shows this term because I used to consider my grades to be incredibly exceptional, but
I gradually became accustomed to getting high grades.
75. TypeA
This shows this term because the man pictured here, John Quincy Adams, was a very
forceful and impatient man who was usually angry while he was president.
76. TypeB
This shows this term because Winnie the Pooh is a very relaxed, good-natured character.
78. Superego
This shows this term because my father is telling my dog that he did the wrong thing and
should always do the right thing.
79. Identification
This shows this term because I learned to love the Red Sox and hate the Yankees from my
father’s likes and dislikes.
80. MMPI
This shows this term because ocean is an acronym for the main 5 factors for which this tests: openness,
conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (emotional instability). Also, like the
ocean, these traits are almost always stable.
81. Id
This shows this term because Peter Pan almost always did whatever he wanted to do and
was impulsive.
