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AP Psychology

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1. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






2. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






3. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






4. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






5. Area on retina with no receptor cells (where optic nerve leaves the eye)






6. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






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






8. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






9. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






10. The agreement of participants to take part in an experiment and their acknowledgement that they understand the nature of their participation in the research - and have been fully informed about the general nature of the research - its goals - and met






11. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






12. 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






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






14. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






15. Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts and irrational beliefs that cause the performance of compulsive rituals that interfere with daily life.






16. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins






17. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






18. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.






19. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






20. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






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






22. 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.






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






24. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






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






26. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






27. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






28. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals






29. 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.






30. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






31. 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.






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






33. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






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






35. Memory for specific information






36. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes






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






38. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






39. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






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






41. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






42. 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






43. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






44. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






45. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






46. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






47. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






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






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






50. Largest - most complicated - and most advanced of the three divisions of the brain; comprises the thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system - basal ganglia - corpus callosum - and cortex






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