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AP Psychology

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1. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






2. 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






3. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins






4. 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






5. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






6. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






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






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






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






10. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






11. 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






12. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






13. Sense of taste






14. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






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






16. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






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






18. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






19. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






20. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






21. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






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






23. Period of development from conception until birth






24. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






25. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






26. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






27. 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






28. A fertilized egg






29. A schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type.






30. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






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






32. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






33. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






34. Cognition; studied rats and discovered the 'cognitive map' in rats and humans






35. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






36. Personality assessment; created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan - stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances






37. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






38. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






39. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






40. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






41. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






42. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






43. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






44. A descriptive statistic that measures the variability of data from the mean of the sample






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






46. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






47. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






48. The middle division of brain responsible for hearing and sight; location where pain is registered; includes temporal lobe - occipital lobe - and most of the parietal lobe






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






50. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur