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AP Psychology

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1. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






2. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






3. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






4. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.






5. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






6. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






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






8. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






9. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






10. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






11. Sharpness of vision






12. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






13. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






14. Experience of the difference threshold






15. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






16. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






17. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






18. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






19. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






20. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






21. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






22. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






23. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






24. Depth cues that are based on one eye






25. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






26. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






27. The tendency for one characteristic of an individual to influence a tester's evaluation of other characteristics






28. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






29. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






30. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation






31. Morality based on consequences to self






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






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






34. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






35. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






36. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






37. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






38. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth






39. Small area of retina where image is focused






40. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






41. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






42. The biologically based categories of male and female






43. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil






44. The appearance of one overt symptom to replace another that has been eliminated by treatment.






45. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






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






47. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






48. Expectation of the person conducting an experiment which may be affect the outcome






49. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






50. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology







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