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AP Psychology

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1. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






2. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






3. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






4. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






5. 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.






6. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






7. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






8. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






9. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






10. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






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






12. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






13. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






14. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






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






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






17. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






18. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






19. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






20. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






21. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






22. Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts and irrational beliefs that cause the performance of compulsive rituals that interfere with daily life.






23. Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development (beginning at about age 12) - during which the individual can think hypothetically - can consider future possibilites - and can use deductive logic






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






25. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






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






27. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.






28. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






29. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






30. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






31. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






32. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






33. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






34. Memory for specific information






35. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






36. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






37. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






38. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






39. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






40. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






41. Operant training system that uses secondary reinforcers (tokens) to increase appropriate behavior; learners can exchange tokens for desired rewards






42. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study






43. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






44. 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






45. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






46. An observable action






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






48. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






49. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






50. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.