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AP Psychology

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1. A need or want that causes someone to act






2. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






3. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






4. Does research on how people function best with machines






5. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






6. Decreased responsiveness with repeated presentation of the same stimulus






7. 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






8. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






9. 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






10. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste






11. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






12. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior






13. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






14. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






15. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






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






17. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






18. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






19. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






20. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






21. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






22. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes






23. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






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






25. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






26. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






27. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






28. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






29. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






30. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






31. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






32. 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.






33. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






34. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






35. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






36. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






37. 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.






38. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






39. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






40. Sets of strategies - rather than strict rules - that act as guidelines for discovery-oriented problem solving.






41. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






42. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






43. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state






44. 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'






45. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






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






47. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






48. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






49. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






50. Tiny oval-shaped sacs in a terminal of one neuron; assist in transferring mineral impulse from one neuron to another neuron by releasing specific neurotransmitters






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