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AP Psychology

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1. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






2. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






3. An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging






4. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






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






6. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






7. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






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






9. Freud's level of mental life that consists of mental activities beyond people's normal awareness.






10. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






11. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






12. A fertilized egg






13. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






14. The suppression of one bit of information by another






15. The process by which the probability of an organism's emitting a response is reduced when reinforcement no longer follows the response






16. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






17. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






18. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






19. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






20. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






21. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






22. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






23. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






24. The study of the psychological and medical aspects of death and dying






25. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






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






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






28. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






29. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






30. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






31. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






32. Primary area for processing visual information






33. 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.






34. 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






35. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






36. Did work on short-term memory






37. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






38. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






39. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






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






41. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






42. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






43. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






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






45. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






46. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






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






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






49. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






50. 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.