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AP Psychology

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1. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






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






3. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






4. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






5. Does research on how people function best with machines






6. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






7. Released by adrenal glands; triggered by norepinephrine to prolong the response to stress (used in the sympathetic nervous system)






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






9. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






10. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data






11. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






12. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






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






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






15. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






16. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits






17. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






18. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






19. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






20. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






21. Typically a pill that is used as a control in the experiment; a sugar pill






22. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






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






24. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






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






26. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






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






28. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






29. 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






30. The inability to perceive different hues.






31. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






32. Bundles of axons






33. The repetition of an experiment to test the validity of its conclusion






34. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






35. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






36. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






37. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






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






39. The process of growth and the realization of individual potential; in the humanistic view - a final level of psychological development in which a person attempts to minimize ill health - be fully functioning - have a superior perception of reality -






40. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






41. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






42. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






43. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






44. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






45. Depth cues that are based on one eye






46. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






47. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






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






49. The sense of hearing






50. A treatment for severe mental illness in which an electric current is briefly applied to the head in order to produce a generalized seizure.







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