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AP Psychology
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1. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole
empiricism
Gestalt psychology
Emotion
Accommodation
2. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.
fovea
Konrad Lorenz
inhibitory neurotransmitter
Conformity
3. Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation - they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.
Trichromats
John Garcia
Phallic Stage
Intelligence
4. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred
Accommodation
Phonology
Variable-ratio Schedule
Deindividuation
5. 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.
Family therapy
Linguistics
Regression
schema
6. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.
Martin Seligman
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)
Self-actualization
Self
7. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities
functional MRI (fMRI)
declarative memory
Punishment
median
8. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.
Self-efficacy
Rooting reflex
Reaction Formation
hippocampus
9. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
long-term memory
autonomic nervous system
Jean Piaget
Equity Theory
10. Emotional intelligence
David McClelland
Resolution Phase
retroactive interference
Daniel Goleman
11. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary
Anal Stage
Hermann Rorschach
Stereotypes
scientific method
12. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes
Child abuse
Non-rapid Eye Movement Sleep
Negative Reinforcement
fraternal twins
13. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior
Schachter-Singer theory of emotion
Specific phobia
neuropsychologist
Unconditioned Stimulus
14. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development
clinical psychologist
standard deviation
Fixation
association areas
15. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.
Discrimination
Little Albert
heritability
Reasoning
16. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp
clinical psychologist
serotonin
EEG (electroencephalogram)
identical twins
17. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.
nervous system
William James
Impression Formation
Equity Theory
18. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.
central nervous system
Experimental design
Dark adaptation
Interpretation
19. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles
Nonverbal Communication
Phillip Zimbardo
adrenal glands
psychologist
20. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
Paul Ekman
Dissociative identity disorder
Wechsler intelligence tests
psychiatrist
21. Depressive disorder characterized by loss of interest in almost all of life's usual activities; a sad - hopeless - or discourage mood - sleep disturbance; loss of appetite; loss of energy; and feelings of unworthiness and guilt.
Major depressive disorder
Standardization
triarchic theory of intelligence
nature
22. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.
Double-blind techniques
Judith Langlois
Normal curve
Psychotic
23. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered
Client-centered therapy
Gender
amnesia
Oedipus Complex
24. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects
anorexia nervosa
Unconditioned Stimulus
functional MRI (fMRI)
Approach-avoidance conflict
25. Memory a person is not aware of possessing
Psychodynamically
implicit memory
Naturalistic observation
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
26. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.
episodic memory
unconscious
Aristotle
Group Polarization
27. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior
glial cells
Creativity
representative sample
clinical psychologist
28. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches
Demand characteristics
Rooting reflex
sports psychologist
eclectic
29. Body sense of equilibrium and balance
vestibular sense
David McClelland
interneurons
Light
30. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste
Rosenthal & Jacobson
medulla (also medulla oblongata)
chunks
glial cells
31. Three age individual IQ tests: WPPSI (children) - WISC (children) - WAIS (adults)
Concordance rate
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
David McClelland
Wechsler intelligence tests
32. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision
inferential statistics
cornea
Cross-sectional study
cones
33. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message
myelin sheath
placebo effect
Dementia
Depressive disorders
34. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.
Anna Freud
Paranoid type of schizophrenia
psychobiology
Naturalistic observation
35. Biologist; developed theory of evolution; transmutation of species - natural selection - evolution by common descent; 'The Origin of Species' catalogs his voyage on The Beagle
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Charles Darwin
evolutionary psychology
chromosome
36. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held
Reasoning
postconventional level of moral development
storage
endocrine glands
37. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors
Unconditioned Response
Assimilation
percentile score
endocrine glands
38. Retrieval cues that match original information work better
Edward Thorndike
encoding specificity principle
Longitudinal Study
implicit memory
39. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued
Resilience
psychiatrist
photoreceptors
Dependence
40. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles
Walter B. Cannon
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Actor-observer Effect
hindbrain
41. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons
Wernicke's area
interneurons
Optic chiasm
Color Blindness
42. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)
parathyroid
Standard score
nonconscious
Psychotherapy
43. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins
identical twins
Social Cognition
Abnormal Behavior
Conformity
44. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age
optic nerve
crystallized intelligence
Francis Galton
Masters & Johnson
45. Memory for specific information
declarative memory
EEG (electroencephalogram)
Latent Content
Mediation
46. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups
self-fulfilling prophecy
midbrain
psychoanalyst
Concordance rate
47. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand
psychobiology
Grasping reflex
neurogenesis
Gazzaniga or Sperry
48. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes
Gender Identity
pitch
Cognitive Dissonance
chromosome
49. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.
Hobson & McCarley
primacy effect
Dream analysis
Obedience
50. People's tendency to ascribe their positive behaviors to their own internal traits - but their failures and shortcomings to external - situational factors.
representative sample
Dissociative disorders
Aggression
Self-serving Bias