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AP Psychology

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1. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






2. Process by which a person takes some action to manage - master - tolerate - or reduce environmental or internal demands that cause or might cause stress and that tax the individual's inner resources






3. The process by which the location of sound is determined






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






5. A process through which people receive information about the status of a physical system and use this feedback information to learn to control the activity of that system






6. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






7. The analysis of the meaning of language - especially of individual words.






8. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.






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






10. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






11. Did work on short-term memory






12. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






13. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






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






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






16. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






17. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






18. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






19. Main area for hearing - understanding language (Wernicke's area) - understanding music; smell






20. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






21. The light-sensitive cells in the retina- the rods and cones.






22. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






23. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






24. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






25. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






26. Small area of retina where image is focused






27. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






28. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits






29. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






30. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






31. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






32. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






33. Social psychology; research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; doll experiments-black children chose white dolls






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






35. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






36. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






37. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






38. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






39. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






40. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






41. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






42. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






43. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






44. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






45. 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






46. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






47. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






48. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






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






50. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






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