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AP Psychology

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1. 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






2. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






3. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior






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






5. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






6. The process by which the location of sound is determined






7. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






8. Perspective that focuses on the mental processes involved in perception - learning - memory - and thinking






9. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






10. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






11. Part of the brain that coordinates balance - movement - reflexes






12. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






13. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






14. Inability to understand or use language






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






16. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






17. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






18. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






19. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






20. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.






21. Freud's level of mental life that consists of mental activities beyond people's normal awareness.






22. Area on retina with no receptor cells (where optic nerve leaves the eye)






23. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






24. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences






25. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






26. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






27. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






28. Sense of taste






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






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






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






32. The study of how language is acquired - perceived - understood - and produced.






33. Establish the relationship between two variables






34. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






35. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






36. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






37. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






38. Main area for hearing - understanding language (Wernicke's area) - understanding music; smell






39. The extent to which scores differ from one another






40. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






41. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






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






43. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






44. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.






45. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






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






47. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






48. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






49. A test score that has not been transformed or converted in any way






50. A fertilized egg