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AP Psychology

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1. Pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) - focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions






2. Any event that increases the probability of a recurrence of the response that preceded it






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






4. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






5. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






6. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






7. 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






8. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






9. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






10. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






11. The view that knowledge should be acquired through observation and often an experiment






12. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






13. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






14. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






15. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






16. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






17. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






18. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






19. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






20. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






21. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






22. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






23. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






24. Removal of a stimulus after a particular response to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






25. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






26. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






27. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






28. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






29. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






30. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






31. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






32. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






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






34. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






35. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






36. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






37. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






38. 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.






39. Commonly occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent behavior






40. 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






41. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






42. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






43. 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.






44. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






45. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






46. 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






47. Reflex that causes a newborn to turn the head toward a light touch on lips or cheek






48. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






49. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






50. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal