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AP Psychology

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1. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






2. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






3. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature






4. Structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection - basic units of experience






5. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






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






7. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves






8. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






9. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron






10. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






11. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






12. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






13. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






14. Activation of the central nervous system - the autonomic nervous system - and the muscles and glands






15. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






16. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.






17. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






18. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






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






20. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories






21. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






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






23. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






24. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






25. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






26. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






27. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






28. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






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






30. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






31. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






32. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






33. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






34. Experience of the difference threshold






35. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






36. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






37. Primary area for processing visual information






38. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries






39. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.






40. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






41. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






42. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






43. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






44. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






45. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






46. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






47. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






48. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






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






50. An observable action