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AP Psychology

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1. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'






2. 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






3. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






4. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






5. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






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






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






8. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






9. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






10. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






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






12. 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






13. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






14. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






15. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






16. 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.






17. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






18. Sense of taste






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






20. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






21. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






22. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






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






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






25. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






26. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






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






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






29. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






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






31. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






32. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






33. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






34. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






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






36. The increase in sensitivity to light that occurs when the illumination level changes from high to low - causing chemicals in the rods and cones to regenerate and return to their inactive state.






37. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






38. Preset natural body weight - determined by the number of fat cells in the body






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






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






41. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






42. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






43. Memory for specific information






44. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






45. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






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






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






48. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






49. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






50. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time