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AP Psychology

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






2. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






3. 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.






4. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






5. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






6. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






7. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






8. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception






9. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






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






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






12. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






13. Primary area for processing visual information






14. The extent to which people are flexible and respond adaptively to external or internal demands






15. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






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






17. Depth cues that are based on one eye






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






19. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






20. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






21. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






22. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






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






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






25. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






26. 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






27. 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






28. Negative evaluation of an entire group of people - typically based on unfavorable (and often wrong) stereotypes about groups.






29. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






30. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






31. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






32. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






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






34. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






35. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






36. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories






37. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






38. 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






39. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






40. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






41. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






42. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






43. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






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






45. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






46. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






47. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






48. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






49. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






50. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma