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AP Psychology

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1. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






2. Structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection - basic units of experience






3. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






4. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






5. 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.






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






7. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






8. A process through which people receive information about the status of a physical system and use this feedback information to learn to control the activity of that system






9. Memory for specific information






10. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






11. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






12. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






13. An individual's genetic make-up






14. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






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






16. The inability to perceive different hues.






17. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






18. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






19. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






20. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






21. The tendency for one characteristic of an individual to influence a tester's evaluation of other characteristics






22. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses






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






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






25. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






26. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






27. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






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






29. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






30. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron






31. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






32. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






33. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






34. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






35. Social psychology; research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; doll experiments-black children chose white dolls






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






37. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






38. 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






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






40. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes






41. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






42. Released by adrenal glands; triggered by norepinephrine to prolong the response to stress (used in the sympathetic nervous system)






43. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






44. Helps athletes improve their focus - increase motivation - and deal with anxiety and fear of failure






45. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






46. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






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






48. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






49. 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






50. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters