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AP Psychology

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1. The first phase of the sexual response cycle during which there are increases in heart rate blood pressure and respiration






2. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






3. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






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. Did work on short-term memory






6. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






7. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






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






9. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil






10. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






11. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






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






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






14. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






15. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






16. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






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






18. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






19. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






20. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






21. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






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






23. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






24. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






25. Sets of strategies - rather than strict rules - that act as guidelines for discovery-oriented problem solving.






26. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






27. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






28. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






29. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






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






31. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






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






33. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Depth cues that are based on one eye






39. The suppression of one bit of information by another






40. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






41. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






42. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






43. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






44. A three-stage counterconditioning procedure in which people are taught to relax when confronting stimuli that forming elicited anxiety.






45. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






46. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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47. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






48. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






49. Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or violent motor activity or by stupor.






50. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates