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AP Psychology

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1. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






2. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






3. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






4. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






5. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






6. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






7. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






8. Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or violent motor activity or by stupor.






9. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves






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






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






12. The agreement of participants to take part in an experiment and their acknowledgement that they understand the nature of their participation in the research - and have been fully informed about the general nature of the research - its goals - and met






13. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






14. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






15. A group of psychological disorders characterized by a lack of reality testing and by deterioration of social and intellectual functioning and personality beginning before age 45 and lasting at least 6 months






16. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






17. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






18. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






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






20. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






21. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






22. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






23. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






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






25. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals






26. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






27. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






28. 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.






29. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






30. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






31. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






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






33. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






34. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






35. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






36. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






37. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






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






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






40. 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.






41. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






42. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






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






44. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






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






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






47. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






48. Systematic procedure through which associations and responses to specific stimuli are learned






49. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






50. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives