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AP Psychology

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1. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






2. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






3. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






4. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






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






6. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






7. A descriptive statistic that measures the variability of data from the mean of the sample






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






9. In an experiment - the group of participants to whom a treatment is given






10. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal






11. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






12. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






13. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






14. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






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






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






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






18. 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






19. The process by which the location of sound is determined






20. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






21. The agreement of participants to take part in an experiment and their acknowledgement that they understand the nature of their participation in the research - and have been fully informed about the general nature of the research - its goals - and met






22. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






23. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






24. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






25. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






26. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






27. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






28. 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.






29. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






30. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






31. The first phase of the sexual response cycle during which there are increases in heart rate blood pressure and respiration






32. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






33. The middle division of brain responsible for hearing and sight; location where pain is registered; includes temporal lobe - occipital lobe - and most of the parietal lobe






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






35. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






36. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






37. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






38. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






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






40. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






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






42. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






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






44. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






45. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






46. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






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






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






49. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






50. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.







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