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AP Psychology

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






2. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






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






4. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






5. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






6. The study of the psychological and medical aspects of death and dying






7. Holds information for processing; fragile; also called short term memory or working memory






8. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






9. Child psychoanalysis; emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






10. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.






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






12. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






13. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






14. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






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






16. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






17. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






18. Learning; systematic desensitization






19. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






20. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






21. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






22. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth






23. Transparent covering of the eye






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






25. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






26. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






27. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






28. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






29. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






30. 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






31. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






32. An observable action






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






34. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






35. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






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






37. The suppression of one bit of information by another






38. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






39. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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40. 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






41. Visual theory - proposed by Herring - that color is coded by stimulation of three types of paired receptors; each pair of receptors is assumed to operate in an antagonist way so that stimulation by a given wavelength produces excitation (increased fi






42. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






43. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






44. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






45. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






46. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






47. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






48. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






49. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






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