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AP Psychology

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1. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






2. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






3. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






4. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






5. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






6. People's tendency to ascribe their positive behaviors to their own internal traits - but their failures and shortcomings to external - situational factors.






7. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






8. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






9. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes






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






11. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






12. 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)






13. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






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






15. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






16. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus






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






18. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






19. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






20. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






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






22. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






23. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






24. Visual theory - proposed by Herring - that color is coded by stimulation of three types of paired receptors; each pair of receptors is assumed to operate in an antagonist way so that stimulation by a given wavelength produces excitation (increased fi






25. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






26. Inability to understand or use language






27. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






28. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






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






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






31. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






32. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






33. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation






34. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'






35. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






36. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






37. 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.






38. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






39. Anxiety disorder characterized by fear of - and desire to avoid - situations in which the person might be exposed to scrutiny by others and might behave in an embarrassing or humiliating way.






40. Primary motor cortex; areas of the three boat cortex for response messages from the brain to the muscles and glands






41. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






42. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






43. 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






44. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






45. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






46. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






47. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






48. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






49. 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






50. Sense of taste