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AP Psychology

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1. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






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






3. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






4. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






5. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






6. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






7. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






8. Loss of memory of events and experiences that preceded an amnesia-causing event






9. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






10. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi






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






12. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






13. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






14. The extent to which scores differ from one another






15. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






16. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






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






18. 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






19. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






20. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






21. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






22. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






23. 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






24. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






25. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






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






27. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






28. 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






29. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






30. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






31. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






32. 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






33. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






34. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






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






36. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






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






38. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






39. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






40. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






41. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






42. People who can distinguish only two of the three basic colors.






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






44. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






45. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp






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






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






48. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






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






50. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.