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1. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities
mode
Gordon Allport
John B Watson
functional MRI (fMRI)
2. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes
aphasia
Kenneth Clark
Hermann Ebbinghaus
genetic mapping
3. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory
Color Blindness
empiricism
Sucking reflex
rehearsal
4. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.
fovea
Walter B. Cannon
John Locke
Free association
5. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never
cones
Rosenhan
hindbrain
Social Facilitation
6. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives
Variable-interval Schedule
representative sample
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Syntax
7. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer
bulimia nervosa
thalamus
aversive conditioning
Hermann Ebbinghaus
8. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area
Orgasm phase
Gender
somatic nervous system
triarchic theory of intelligence
9. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease
informed consent
Logic
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)
René Descartes
10. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated
structuralism
Extinction (operant conditioning)
Conditioned Stimulus
long-term potentiation
11. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.
nature-nurture controversy
Motive
Henry Murray
Social Facilitation
12. A condition or characteristic of a situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or across situations or individuals
moral development
variable
Assimilation
Variable-interval Schedule
13. The tendency for one characteristic of an individual to influence a tester's evaluation of other characteristics
Halo effect
top-down processing
optic nerve
Motive
14. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma
amnesia
Assessment
instinct
schema
15. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation
Rape
Psychoanalysis
Debriefing
maintenance rehearsal
16. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response
Psychosurgery
Shaping
Projective Tests
hypothalamus
17. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.
Types
Naturalistic observation
Sensation
cognitive-appraisal theory of emotion
18. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study
measure of central tendency
hypothesis
Approach-approach conflict
amygdala
19. The sense of hearing
Humanistic theory
Descriptive Studies
Model
audition
20. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events
Impression Formation
Sensorimotor stage
resting potential
Morality
21. Sharpness of vision
Excitement phase
Genital Stage
visual acuity
behavioral genetics
22. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.
Token economy
bulimia nervosa
Grasping reflex
Oedipus Complex
23. Applies psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and the quality of work life
triarchic theory of intelligence
Kenneth Clark
industrial/organizational psychologist
Aaron Beck
24. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.
Light
Androgynous
genetic mapping
Substance Abuser
25. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held
Opponent-process theory
graded potential
significant difference
storage
26. 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.
Sociobiology
authoritative parenting
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
significant difference
27. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores
rods
Clark Hull
measure of central tendency
neural plasticity
28. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm
Circadian Rhythms
Plateau phase
Residual type of schizophrenia
Conservation
29. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane
action potential
population
photoreceptors
Regression
30. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.
EEG (electroencephalogram)
Paranoid type of schizophrenia
Photoreceptors
preconscious
31. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically
Cognitive theories
sensory adaptation
moral development
Howard Gardner
32. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.
educational psychologist
Panic Attack
computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
placebo
33. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.
Token economy
Social Loafing
Algorithm
Blood-Brain Barrier
34. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.
Size constancy
Drug
Equity Theory
Hermann Ebbinghaus
35. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected
independent variable
Homeostasis
Double bind
John Garcia
36. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.
Fulfillment
chunks
independent variable
Negative Reinforcement
37. 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.
Substance Abuser
Prototype
pons
unconscious
38. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions
Paranoid type of schizophrenia
spinal cord
Insight therapy
emotional intelligence
39. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)
Representative sample
Robert Sternberg
Factor analysis
zone of proximal development
40. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)
neural impulse
Dichromats
Wernicke's area
Rosenhan
41. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole
Phonology
Dream
Gestalt psychology
Aaron Beck
42. Transparent covering of the eye
working memory
cornea
dependent variable
Albert Ellis
43. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves
functional MRI (fMRI)
Gender Schema Theory
Aggression
Konrad Lorenz
44. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism
interference
Collective Unconscious
Fetus
Demand characteristics
45. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image
motor projection areas
anorexia nervosa
nervous system
thyroid gland
46. Conscious memory that a person is aware of
neural impulse
Fundamental Attribution Error
Gender
explicit memory
47. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.
Naturalistic observation
self-actualization
Id
Delusions
48. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.
Bonding
Tolerance
kinesthesis
excitatory neurotransmitter
49. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism
Primary Punisher
chromosome
Egocentrism
nerve
50. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals
Intelligence
Type B behavior
Extrinsic motivation
optic nerve