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AP Psychology

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1. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






2. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






3. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






4. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






5. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






6. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






7. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






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






9. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






10. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






11. A therapy that is based on the application of learning principles to human behavior and that focuses on changing overt behaviors rather than on understanding subjective feelings - unconscious processes - or motivations; also known as behavior modific






12. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






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






14. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






15. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






16. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






17. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






18. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






19. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






20. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






21. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






22. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






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






24. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






25. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






26. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






27. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






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






29. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






30. Intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly correlated - concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled 'g' (general ability)






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






32. Top of the spinal column






33. Constructed by Lewis Terman - originally used ratio IQ (MA/CA x 100); now based on deviation from mean






34. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






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






36. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






37. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.






38. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






39. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






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






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






42. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






43. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






44. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






45. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






46. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation






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






48. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






49. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






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