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AP Psychology

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1. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






2. A drug that increases alertness - reduces fatigue - and elevates mood






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






4. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






5. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






6. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






7. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






8. Top of the brain which includes the thalamus - hypothalamus - and cerebral cortex; responsible for emotional regulation - complex thought - memory aspect of personality






9. 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






10. Process by which a person takes some action to manage - master - tolerate - or reduce environmental or internal demands that cause or might cause stress and that tax the individual's inner resources






11. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






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






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






14. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






15. Morality based on consequences to self






16. The extent to which people are flexible and respond adaptively to external or internal demands






17. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






18. 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.






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






20. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






21. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






22. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






23. A need or want that causes someone to act






24. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins






25. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






26. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






27. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






28. 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






29. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






30. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






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






32. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






33. 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






34. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






35. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






36. Does research on how people function best with machines






37. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






38. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






39. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






40. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






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






42. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






43. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






44. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






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






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






47. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher






48. 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.






49. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






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