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1. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea
Linguistics
behaviorism
parathyroid
David Rosenhan
2. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits
Charles Darwin
standard deviation
polygenic inheritance
inhibitory neurotransmitter
3. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics
Lev Vygotsky
bottom-up processing
neurogenesis
nature
4. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons
Herman von Helmholtz
B.F. Skinner
thalamus
amnesia
5. The cessation of the ability to reproduce
sensory neurons
Karl Wernicke
Undifferentiated type of schizophrenia
menopause
6. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response
(cerebral) cortex
interference
Skinner Box
Working through
7. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.
Latent Learning
positron emission tomography (PET scan)
introspection
Anal Stage
8. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world
mutation
descriptive statistics
Schachter-Singer theory of emotion
schema
9. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus
menopause
Stimulus Generalization
Psycholinguistics
Abraham Maslow
10. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.
Deindividuation
Stressor
Hue
forensic psychologist
11. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.
correlational research
Ego
Superego
Disorganized type of schizophrenia
12. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors
Negative Reinforcement
behaviorism
Conditioned Response
Expectancy Theories
13. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.
synapse
Specific phobia
limbic system
functionalism
14. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one
Stimulus Generalization
Fixed-interval Schedule
consolidation
Systematic desensitization
15. First menstrual period
Darley & Latane
Consciousness
Sensation
menarche
16. Depth cues that are based on one eye
(cerebral) cortex
monocular cues
difference threshold
empiricism
17. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis
gate control theory
Cognitive theories
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
Social Interest
18. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses
retina
James-Lange theory of emotion
Conflict
cognitive-appraisal theory of emotion
19. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle
pituitary gland
Morpheme
pineal gland
Little Albert
20. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play
Albert Bandura
Rationalization
psychologist
Orgasm phase
21. Transparent covering of the eye
neural impulse
observer bias
cornea
Approach-approach conflict
22. Reflex that causes a newborn to turn the head toward a light touch on lips or cheek
Mediation
eclectic
Rooting reflex
Schizophrenic disorders
23. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships
Social Need
Perception
standard deviation
central nervous system
24. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron
Vulnerability
parallel processing
ions
Placenta
25. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.
Stress
Equity Theory
ethics
Schizophrenic disorders
26. The creation or re-creation of a mental picture of a sensory or perceptual experience
imagery
hippocampus
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Subliminal perception
27. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically
Anna Freud
Phillip Zimbardo
moral development
positron emission tomography (PET scan)
28. 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 -
Light
population
relative refractory period
thyroxine
29. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality
dominant genes
William Sheldon
Alfred Adler
Reinforcer
30. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior
epinephrine
Formal operational stage
Learning
sociocultural psychology
31. An individual's genetic make-up
Cross-sectional study
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Sensorimotor stage
genotype
32. A descriptive statistic that measures the variability of data from the mean of the sample
ESP
standard deviation
postconventional level of moral development
memory span
33. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.
Broca's area
participant
state-dependent learning
Brightness
34. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness
Abraham Maslow
Martin Seligman
Abnormal Behavior
Mainstreaming
35. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Learned helplessness
Impression Formation
James-Lange theory of emotion
36. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held
Fixation
terminal buttons (axon terminals)
David McClelland
storage
37. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued
Biofeedback
Social Loafing
Dependence
Myopic
38. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse
pitch
Rooting reflex
neurotransmitters
Attachment
39. Establish the relationship between two variables
correlational research
Herman von Helmholtz
Langer & Rodin
measure of central tendency
40. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life
Substance Abuser
Bonding
hypothesis
Survey
41. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.
Rape
Psychotic
terminal buttons (axon terminals)
glial cells
42. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.
Placebo effect
Experimental design
Dementia
memory
43. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender
Mary Cover-Jones
phenotype
epinephrine
ex post facto study
44. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI
Adolescence
behavioral genetics
David Weschler
Conditioned Response
45. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction
cochlea
pancreas
Size constancy
Langer & Rodin
46. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands
axon
Edward Thorndike
neuroscience
Bulimia Nervosa
47. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.
structuralism
Conformity
timbre
psychobiology
48. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving
Unconscious
informed consent
neurotransmitters
Self-actualization
49. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically
Holmes & Rahe
Prejudice
Preoperational stage
median
50. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.
Regression
Transduction
Carl Rogers
Gestalt psychology