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AP Psychology

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






2. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






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






4. Structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection - basic units of experience






5. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






6. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






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






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






9. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






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






11. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






12. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






13. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






14. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






15. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






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






17. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception






18. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






19. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






20. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






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






22. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






23. The brain and spinal cord






24. The law that the neuron either fires at 100% or not at all






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






26. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






27. Sharpness of vision






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






29. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






30. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






31. The biologically based categories of male and female






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






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






34. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






35. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions






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






37. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






38. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






39. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






40. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






41. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






42. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






43. 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






44. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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45. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






46. 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.






47. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






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






49. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






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