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AP Psychology

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1. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






2. The extent to which scores differ from one another






3. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






4. Preset natural body weight - determined by the number of fat cells in the body






5. 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.






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






7. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






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






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






10. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






11. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception






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






13. Sharpness of vision






14. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






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






16. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






17. The view that knowledge should be acquired through observation and often an experiment






18. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






19. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






20. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






21. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






22. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






23. 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






24. Child psychoanalysis; emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






25. Emotion; stated that in order to experience emotions - a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it






26. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste






27. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






28. Endocrine gland that produces a large amount of hormones; it regulates growth and helps control other endocrine glands; located on underside of brain; sometimes called the 'master gland'






29. Experience of the difference threshold






30. An individual's genetic make-up






31. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






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






33. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






34. Removal of a stimulus after a particular response to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






35. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






36. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






37. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






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






39. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






40. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes






41. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






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






43. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries






44. 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






45. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






46. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






47. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






48. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






49. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






50. 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