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AP Psychology

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1. Does research on how people function best with machines






2. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






3. The highness or lowness of a sound






4. The way words and groups of words combine to form phrases - clauses - and sentences.






5. Anxiety disorder characterized by marked fear and avoidance of being alone in a place from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing






6. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






7. The evaluation of the significance of a situation or event as it relates to a person's well-being






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






9. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism






10. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






11. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






12. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






13. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi






14. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






15. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






16. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






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






18. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






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






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






21. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






22. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






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






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






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






26. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place






27. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






28. The sense of hearing






29. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






30. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






31. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






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






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






34. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






35. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






36. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






37. 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 -






38. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






39. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






40. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






41. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






42. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






43. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






44. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






45. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






46. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






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






48. Small area of retina where image is focused






49. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think






50. The expression of genes