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AP Psychology

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1. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






2. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






3. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






4. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






5. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






6. A treatment for severe mental illness in which an electric current is briefly applied to the head in order to produce a generalized seizure.






7. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






8. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






9. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






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






11. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






12. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






13. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






14. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






15. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






16. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






17. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






18. Perspective that focuses on the mental processes involved in perception - learning - memory - and thinking






19. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






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






21. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






22. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






23. Establish the relationship between two variables






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






25. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






26. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






27. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






28. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






29. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






30. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






31. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






32. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






33. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates






34. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






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






36. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






37. Moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely diffe






38. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






39. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never






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






41. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






42. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes






43. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






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






45. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






46. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






47. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp






48. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






49. One of the descriptive methods of research; it requires construction of a set of questions to administer to a group of participants






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