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AP Psychology

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1. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






2. Bundles of axons






3. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions






4. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






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






6. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






7. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






8. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation






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






10. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes






11. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






12. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






13. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






14. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






15. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






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






17. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






18. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






19. Sense of taste






20. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






21. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






22. Pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests - designed a test to identify slow learners in need of help-not applicable in the U.S. because it was too culture-bound (French)






23. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron






24. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






25. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






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






27. Ethology (animal behavior); studied imprinting and critical periods in geese






28. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






29. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






30. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






31. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






32. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






33. 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






34. 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






35. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






36. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






37. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






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






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






40. Morality based on consequences to self






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






42. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






43. Activation of the central nervous system - the autonomic nervous system - and the muscles and glands






44. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






45. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






46. Part of the limbic system; influences emotions such as aggression - fear - and self-protective behaviors






47. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






48. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






49. 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






50. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data