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AP Psychology

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1. Perspective developed by freud - which assumes that psychological problems are the result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces of which a person might be unaware






2. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






3. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes






4. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






5. Part of the brain that coordinates balance - movement - reflexes






6. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories






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






8. 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






9. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






10. The principle that those characteristics and behaviors that help organisms adapt - be fit - and survive will be passed on to successive generations - because flexible - fit individuals have a greater chance of reproduction






11. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






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






13. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






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






15. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






16. People's tendency to ascribe their positive behaviors to their own internal traits - but their failures and shortcomings to external - situational factors.






17. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






18. 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






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






20. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






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






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






23. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






24. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






25. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






26. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






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






28. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






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






30. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






31. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






32. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism






33. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






34. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






35. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






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






37. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






38. 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






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






40. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






41. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






42. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






43. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






44. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






45. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






46. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically






47. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






48. 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






49. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






50. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal