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AP Psychology

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1. 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






2. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






3. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






4. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






5. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






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






7. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






8. The process of growth and the realization of individual potential; in the humanistic view - a final level of psychological development in which a person attempts to minimize ill health - be fully functioning - have a superior perception of reality -






9. 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






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






11. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






12. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






13. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






14. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






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






16. Constructed by Lewis Terman - originally used ratio IQ (MA/CA x 100); now based on deviation from mean






17. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






18. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






19. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.






20. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






21. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






22. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






23. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






24. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






25. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






26. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






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






28. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






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






30. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






31. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






32. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






33. The level of consciousness devoted to processes completely unavailable to conscious awareness (e.g. - fingernails growing)






34. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






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






36. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






37. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






38. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






39. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






40. 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.






41. 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






42. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






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






44. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






45. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters






46. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






47. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






48. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






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






50. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -