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This channel is dedicated to spreading psychology knowledge, and the love of psychology, one video at a time. These videos cover the content of an introductory psychology course and can help students enrolled in university, AP, or IB programs.

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Steven Kushner, PhD has been teaching psychology at both the high school and university levels for two decades in the Chicagoland area.

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is primarily used to treat which of the following conditions?

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Fear of death is called

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Good luck my AP Psych test-takers!

LAST-MINUTE TIPS
- Correlation ≠ causation
- Random selection → generalizability
- Random assignment → cause & effect (experiment)
- Confounding variable = anything else that could explain results
- Placebo effect = participant expectation
- Experimenter bias → use double-blind
- No brain injury experiments (unethical)

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AP PSYCH TEST PREP:
A researcher wants to understand the overall effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for treating anxiety. Instead of conducting a new experiment, they collect data from dozens of previously published studies and statistically combine the results to determine an overall trend.

Which research method is being used?

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Taking away a teenager’s phone after breaking curfew is an example of

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Research suggests that overactivity of _________ pathways is linked to schizophrenia.

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Which part of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for calming the body and promoting “rest and digest” functions?

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🚨 AP Psychology Testers 🚨

You’re ONE week away!
This is your reminder:
✔️ Review key terms daily (don’t cram everything at once)
✔️ Practice AAQs/EBQs— practice your scientific reading skills
✔️ Go over common mistakes (correlation ≠ causation!)

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Who is most associated with operant conditioning and reinforcement?

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A researcher finds that students who sleep more tend to have higher GPAs. This is best described as a

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