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AP Psychology

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1. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






2. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






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






4. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






5. Sharpness of vision






6. 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






7. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






8. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






9. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






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






11. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.






12. A condition or characteristic of a situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or across situations or individuals






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






14. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






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






16. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences






17. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






18. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






19. The process by which the location of sound is determined






20. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes






21. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






22. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






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






24. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






25. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1






26. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






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






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






29. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






30. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






31. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.






32. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






33. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






34. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






35. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






36. An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging






37. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






38. 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'






39. 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.






40. Maintenance of a constant state of inner stability or balance






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






42. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






43. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






44. Learning; systematic desensitization






45. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






46. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






47. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






48. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






49. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






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