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AP Psychology

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1. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






2. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






3. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






4. Positively reinforcing closer and closer approximation of a desired behavior to teach a new behavior






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






6. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






7. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






8. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






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






10. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






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






12. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






13. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






14. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






15. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






16. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






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






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






19. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






20. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






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






22. Small area of retina where image is focused






23. 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.






24. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






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






26. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






27. Largest - most complicated - and most advanced of the three divisions of the brain; comprises the thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system - basal ganglia - corpus callosum - and cortex






28. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






29. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






30. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






31. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






32. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






33. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






34. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






35. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






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






37. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






38. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries






39. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






40. Operant training system that uses secondary reinforcers (tokens) to increase appropriate behavior; learners can exchange tokens for desired rewards






41. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






42. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






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






44. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






45. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






46. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






47. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






48. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






49. The suppression of one bit of information by another






50. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score