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AP Psychology

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1. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






2. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






3. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.






4. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






5. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






6. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






7. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






8. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






9. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






10. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






11. The view that knowledge should be acquired through observation and often an experiment






12. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






13. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






14. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






15. Personality theorist; asserted that personality is largely determined by genes - used introversion/extroversion






16. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






17. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste






18. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






19. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






20. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






21. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






22. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






23. Sense of taste






24. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






25. Sets of strategies - rather than strict rules - that act as guidelines for discovery-oriented problem solving.






26. First menstrual period






27. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






28. The genetically determined physical features that differentiate the sexes but are not directly involved with reproduction






29. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






30. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






31. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






32. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






33. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






34. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






35. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






36. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






37. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






38. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






39. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






40. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






41. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






42. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






43. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






44. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






45. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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46. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






47. Period of development from conception until birth






48. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






49. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






50. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina