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AP Psychology

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1. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






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






3. Decreased responsiveness with repeated presentation of the same stimulus






4. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






5. Anxiety disorder characterized by fear of - and desire to avoid - situations in which the person might be exposed to scrutiny by others and might behave in an embarrassing or humiliating way.






6. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






7. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






8. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






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






10. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






11. Emotion; stated that in order to experience emotions - a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it






12. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






13. The highness or lowness of a sound






14. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






15. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






16. Eating disorder characterized by pattern 9of eating binges followed by purging (e.g. - vomiting - laxatives - exercise)






17. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






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






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






20. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






21. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






22. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






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






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






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






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






27. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






28. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






29. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






30. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






31. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






32. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






33. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






34. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






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






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






37. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






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






39. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature






40. In Adler's theory - a feeling of openness with all humanity.






41. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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42. 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






43. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






44. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






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






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






47. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






48. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






49. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






50. The arithmetic average of a set of scores