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AP Psychology

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






2. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






3. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






4. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






5. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






10. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus






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






12. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






13. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






14. The way words and groups of words combine to form phrases - clauses - and sentences.






15. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






16. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






17. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






18. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






19. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






20. Applies psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and the quality of work life






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






22. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






23. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant






24. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






25. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






26. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






27. Largest - most complicated - and most advanced of the three divisions of the brain; comprises the thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system - basal ganglia - corpus callosum - and cortex






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






29. A schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type.






30. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






31. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






32. A three-stage counterconditioning procedure in which people are taught to relax when confronting stimuli that forming elicited anxiety.






33. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






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






35. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






36. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






37. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






38. 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.






39. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






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






41. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






42. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






43. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






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






45. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






46. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data






47. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






48. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






49. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






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