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AP Psychology

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1. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study






2. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






3. An individual's genetic make-up






4. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






5. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






6. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state






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






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






9. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits






10. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.






11. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






12. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






13. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






14. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






15. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






16. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






17. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






18. Top of the spinal column






19. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






20. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






21. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






22. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






23. A schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type.






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






25. Anxiety disorders characterized by excessive and irrational fear of - and consequent attempted avoidance of - specific objects or situations.






26. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






27. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






28. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






29. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






30. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






31. Top of the brain which includes the thalamus - hypothalamus - and cerebral cortex; responsible for emotional regulation - complex thought - memory aspect of personality






32. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






33. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






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






35. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






36. A fertilized egg






37. Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation - they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.






38. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






39. Pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests - designed a test to identify slow learners in need of help-not applicable in the U.S. because it was too culture-bound (French)






40. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






41. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






42. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






43. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






44. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






45. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






46. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






47. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






48. Perception; identified just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law






49. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






50. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.