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AP Psychology

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1. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






2. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






3. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






4. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






5. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






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






7. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






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






9. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






10. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






11. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






12. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






13. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






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






15. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






16. Decreased responsiveness with repeated presentation of the same stimulus






17. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






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






19. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success






20. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






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. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






23. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






24. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






25. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






26. 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'






27. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






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






29. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






30. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






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






32. The expression of genes






33. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






34. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






35. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






36. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






37. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






38. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






39. Primary motor cortex; areas of the three boat cortex for response messages from the brain to the muscles and glands






40. The middle division of brain responsible for hearing and sight; location where pain is registered; includes temporal lobe - occipital lobe - and most of the parietal lobe






41. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






42. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






43. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






44. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






45. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma






46. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






47. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






48. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






49. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






50. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships