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AP Psychology

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1. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






2. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






3. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






4. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






5. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






6. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






7. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






8. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






9. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






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






11. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






12. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






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






14. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






15. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






16. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






17. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






18. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






19. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






20. Loss of memory of events and experiences that preceded an amnesia-causing event






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






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






23. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






24. Period of development from conception until birth






25. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






26. The tendency for one characteristic of an individual to influence a tester's evaluation of other characteristics






27. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






28. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






29. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






30. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






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






32. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






33. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






34. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






35. Memory for specific information






36. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






37. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






38. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






39. The tendency of one person to evaluate another person (or a symbol or image of another person) in a positive way.






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






41. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






42. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






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






44. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






45. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






46. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






47. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






48. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






49. 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






50. Establish the relationship between two variables