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AP Psychology

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1. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






2. Reflex that causes a newborn to turn the head toward a light touch on lips or cheek






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






4. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






5. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






6. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






7. 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






8. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






9. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






10. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






11. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






12. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






13. Emotional intelligence






14. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






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






16. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






17. Social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication - self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students






18. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






19. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






20. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






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






22. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






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






24. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






25. The highness or lowness of a sound






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






27. Inability to understand or use language






28. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






29. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma






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






31. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.






32. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






33. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






34. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






35. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






36. Sense of smell






37. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






38. Personality theorist; asserted that personality is largely determined by genes - used introversion/extroversion






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






40. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






41. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






42. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






43. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






44. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






45. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






46. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






47. Morality based on consequences to self






48. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






49. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






50. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings