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AP Psychology

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1. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






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






3. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






4. Expectation of the person conducting an experiment which may be affect the outcome






5. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






6. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






7. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






8. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






9. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






10. 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.






11. The middle division of brain responsible for hearing and sight; location where pain is registered; includes temporal lobe - occipital lobe - and most of the parietal lobe






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






13. A fertilized egg






14. Therapies that use approaches or techniques derived from Freud - but that reject or modify some elements of Freud's theory.






15. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






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






17. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






18. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






19. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






20. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






21. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






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






23. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






24. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






25. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






26. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






27. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior






28. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






29. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






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






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






32. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






33. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






34. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






35. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






36. 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






37. 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






38. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






39. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






40. 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






41. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






42. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






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






44. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






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






46. 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.






47. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary






48. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






49. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






50. Sense of smell