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Psychoanalysis and Humanistic therapies are insight therapies  \n􀂅 Learning: the sudden perception of the solution to a problem. An “aha!” moment. Kohler studied this with Sultan the chimp.  \nAccommodation  \n􀂅 Vision: a monocular cue; when looking at objects close by, our lens contracts, when looking at things far away, our lens relaxes.  \n􀂅 Piaget: Understanding that two objects are different and are not part of the same schema. For instance, understanding that a dog is different than a cat because it barks, drools, and wags its tail.  \nConvergence:  \n􀂅 Thinking: convergent thinking is a type of thinking where problems are seen as having only one solution, all lines of thinking point to one solution  \n􀂅 Vision: binocular cue. The two eyes rotate inward to focus on a single object. More convergence for closer objects, less for objects farther away.  \nFixation  \n􀂅 Cognition: The inability to look at a problem from a new perspective or to see other ways of solving the problem because you are stuck doing it the way you always did it.  \n􀂅 Cognition: functional fixedness-object specific. Failure to see an object for anything other than it’s intended purpose, an obstacle to problem solving  \n􀂅 Development: related to Freud’s psychosexual development. Failure to confront the conflict of the stage may lead one to focus/become stuck on a related activity. For instance, developing an oral fixation of biting your nails if you didn’t overcome the oral stage.  \nDiscrimination  \n􀂅 Social Psychology: treating people differently because of a prejudice towards the group to which they belong; an action  \n􀂅 Learning: when a conditioned response (either classical or operant) does NOT spread to other similar stimuli  \n􀂅 Learning: Discriminative stimulus-any stimulus, such as a stop sign, that provides a person with a cue for making a certain response in order to receive reinforcement.  \nRefractory Period  \n􀂅 Neurons: period of rest between the firing of a neuron. Neuron is repolarizing and cannot fire until this period ends.  \n􀂅 Sex: period of rest after orgasm, organism cannot have another orgasm until this period is over.  \nGeneralize  \n􀂅 Experimental Design: means the results can be applied beyond the sample and to the wider population. Can only occur if random sampling/selection occurs. For instance, if your sample is all girls, you can’t generalize results to males.  \n􀂅 Learning-generalization is when a conditioned response (either classical or operant) spreads to other similar stimuli. Think Little Albert  \n􀂅 Development: Generativity-Erikson’s 7th stage, when middle aged adults feel the need to contribute to the well being of the next generation through a career change or volunteer work  \nPolarization  \n􀂅 Neurons: When a neuron is not stimulated, it's just sitting with no impulse to carry or transmit, its membrane is polarized. It is negative on the inside and positive on the outside and ready to receive a message.  \n􀂅 Groups: tendency for like-minded people to become more extreme in their beliefs after meeting.  \nThreshold  \n􀂅 Neurons: amount of stimulation necessary for a neuron to fire. Once this threshold is met, firing is an “all or nothing” deal.  \n􀂅 Sensation: amount of stimulus necessary to detect its presence (Absolute Threshold) or to detect a change in amount (Difference Threshold.)  \nOpponent Process  \n􀂅 Emotion: when one experiences a strong emotion, it is followed by an opposite emotion to create homeostasis in the body and cognitive consistency in the mind.  \n􀂅 Color Vision: theory that we see color because cones are grouped into pairs-red/green, blue/yellow, black/white. Only one of each pair can fire at any given time. Explains afterimages. Think of the American Flag.  \nProximity  \n􀂅 Gestalt Perceptual Principle: tendency to ","cbCaiaxKEDHJyaa8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaxKEDHJyaa8","pdf",130488,"English","# Insight\n# Accommodation\n# Convergence\n# Fixation\n# Discrimination\n# Refractory Period\n# Generalize\n# Polarization\n# Threshold\n# Opponent Process\n# Proximity\n# Latent\n# All or Nothing\n# Peripheral\n# Semantic\n# Implicit","[{\"question\":\"What does “insight” mean in AP Psychology?\",\"answer\":\"Insight refers to therapies or processes aimed at helping patients gain understanding of what causes their behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. Psychoanalysis and humanistic therapies are described as insight therapies.\"},{\"question\":\"How do accommodation and vision relate to learning and perception?\",\"answer\":\"Accommodation is illustrated through vision as how the lens contracts for close objects and relaxes for far objects. 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