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AP Psychology

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1. 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'






2. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






3. The inability to perceive different hues.






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






5. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






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






7. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






8. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






9. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






10. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






11. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






12. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.






13. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






14. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






15. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






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






17. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension






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






19. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






20. Located in left frontal lobe; controls production of speech

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21. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






22. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






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






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. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands






26. Bundles of axons






27. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






28. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






29. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






30. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






31. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






32. 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






33. 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.






34. A person's experiences in the environment






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






36. False beliefs that are inconsistent with reality but are held in spite of evidence that disproves them.






37. Experience of the difference threshold






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






39. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






40. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






41. Transparent covering of the eye






42. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






43. 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.






44. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






45. The statistically determined minimum level of stimulation necessary to excite a perceptual system.






46. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






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






48. Perception; identified just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law






49. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher






50. Moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely diffe