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AP Psychology

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1. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






2. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






3. Part of the limbic system; influences emotions such as aggression - fear - and self-protective behaviors






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






5. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






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






7. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






8. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






9. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






10. Activation of the central nervous system - the autonomic nervous system - and the muscles and glands






11. 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.






12. Visual theory - proposed by Herring - that color is coded by stimulation of three types of paired receptors; each pair of receptors is assumed to operate in an antagonist way so that stimulation by a given wavelength produces excitation (increased fi






13. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






14. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






15. Brain surgery used in the past to alleviate symptoms of serious mental disorders.






16. Maintenance of a constant state of inner stability or balance






17. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






18. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






19. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






20. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






21. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






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






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






24. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






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






26. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






27. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






28. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






29. The human need to fulfill one's potential






30. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






31. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






32. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






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






34. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






35. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






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






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






38. 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






39. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






40. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






41. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never






42. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






43. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






44. Therapies that use approaches or techniques derived from Freud - but that reject or modify some elements of Freud's theory.






45. Constructed by Lewis Terman - originally used ratio IQ (MA/CA x 100); now based on deviation from mean






46. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






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






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






49. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






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