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AP Psychology
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1. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
autonomic nervous system
action potential
Martin Seligman
Displacement
2. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter
Panic Attack
anorexia nervosa
agonist
psychobiology
3. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world
René Descartes
semantic memory
Latency Stage
hormone
4. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking
Linguistics
Interpretation
Lucid Dream
behavioral genetics
5. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.
gonads
Functional fixedness
Morality
Moro reflex
6. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology
structuralism
Standardization
Social Categorization
Gender Identity
7. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies
Opponent-process theory
cohort effect
midbrain
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
8. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall
David Rosenhan
Resistance
transfer appropriate processing
Self-perception Theory
9. A counterconditioning technique in which an aversive or noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus with the undesirable behavior.
Denial
Manifest Content
Aversive counterconditioning
hindbrain
10. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.
Equity Theory
Transference
aptitude test
Robert Sternberg
11. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.
preconscious
Rational-emotive therapy
cognitive psychology
frequency distribution
12. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females
Gender stereotype
Bystander Effect
resting potential
medulla (also medulla oblongata)
13. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable
temporal lobes
Bipolar disorder
confounding variable
Teratogen
14. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated
Groupthink
storage
long-term potentiation
audition
15. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval
Ex Post Facto Design
brainstem
rods
Fixed-interval Schedule
16. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory
insulin
aptitude test
Dissociative disorders
Anna Freud
17. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream
Manifest Content
Latent Learning
Critical Period
Delusions
18. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages
Deviation IQ
Homeostasis
Psycholinguistics
Generalized anxiety disorder
19. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception
Approach-approach conflict
Cognitive Psychology
Validity
bottom-up processing
20. Motivation; believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach - was the sole basis for hunger; did research that inserted balloons in stomachs
Double-blind techniques
Signal Detection Theory
Clark Hull
Walter B. Cannon
21. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation
Decentration
Howard Gardner
Saturation
observer bias
22. Pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) - focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions
Psychoanalysis
Albert Ellis
Consciousness
interneurons
23. The suppression of one bit of information by another
resting potential
Ex Post Facto Design
interference
Reinforcer
24. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep
Theory of mind
Insomnia
computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
Psycholinguistics
25. 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
psychologist
Noam Chomsky
aversive conditioning
Imaginary Audience
26. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes
consolidation
chromosome
Albert Ellis
Actor-observer Effect
27. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories
Self
Sociobiology
hippocampus
Secondary Punisher
28. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond
demand characteristics
midbrain
neural impulse
state-dependent learning
29. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution
Approach-approach conflict
range
Dream analysis
neural impulse
30. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence
Edward Thorndike
norepinephrine
Fixation
Latent Learning
31. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness
maintenance rehearsal
unconscious
lens
Charles Spearman
32. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.
maintenance rehearsal
Psychoneuroimmunology
Sociobiology
Ernst Weber
33. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea
nerve
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
graded potential
David Rosenhan
34. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation
experiment
polygenic inheritance
motor neurons
David McClelland
35. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Prosocial Behavior
measure of central tendency
Ego
36. 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.
William Sheldon
psychology
epinephrine
Reactance
37. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both
Drug
sympathetic nervous system
Stimulant
self-actualization
38. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.
Extinction (classical conditioning)
Hallucinogens (AKA psychedelic drugs)
Group therapy
Self-actualization
39. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors
Expectancy Theories
retina
shaping
Von Restorff effect
40. The study of the psychological and medical aspects of death and dying
Thanatology
Extrinsic motivation
fraternal twins
Major depressive disorder
41. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age
endorphins
Catatonic type of schizophrenia
crystallized intelligence
Learned helplessness
42. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically
Trichromatic theory
Cross-sectional Studies
Preoperational stage
Resolution Phase
43. A therapy that is based on the application of learning principles to human behavior and that focuses on changing overt behaviors rather than on understanding subjective feelings - unconscious processes - or motivations; also known as behavior modific
Behavior therapy
rehearsal
binocular cues
Conditioned Response
44. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead
amygdala
Experimental design
retina
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
45. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum
hindbrain
Delusions
selective attention
Gender stereotype
46. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin
crystallized intelligence
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
Withdrawal Symptoms
Robert Yerkes
47. 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
inhibitory neurotransmitter
Heritability
Social Need
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
48. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad
Deviation IQ
Personal Fable
Morality
nerve
49. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.
Longitudinal Study
Concept
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Representative sample
50. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility
Darley & Latane
Semantics
selective attention
explicit memory