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AP Psychology

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1. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






2. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






3. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






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






5. 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






6. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






7. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






8. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.






9. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






10. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






11. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






12. A fertilized egg






13. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






14. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






15. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






16. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






17. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






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






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






20. The sense of hearing






21. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically






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






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






24. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






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






26. 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






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






28. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






29. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste






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






31. 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






32. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






33. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






34. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






35. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal






36. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






37. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






38. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






39. Motivation; believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach - was the sole basis for hunger; did research that inserted balloons in stomachs






40. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






41. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






42. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






43. A descriptive statistic that measures the variability of data from the mean of the sample






44. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






45. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






46. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






47. Part of the limbic system; influences emotions such as aggression - fear - and self-protective behaviors






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






49. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






50. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






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