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AP Psychology

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1. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






2. The statistically determined minimum level of stimulation necessary to excite a perceptual system.






3. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






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






5. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






6. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






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






8. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






9. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






10. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






11. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






12. 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.






13. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






14. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






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






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






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






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






19. The repetition of an experiment to test the validity of its conclusion






20. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






21. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






22. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






23. Feelings of rivalry with the parent of the same sex and sexual desire for the parent of the other sex - occurring during the phallic stage and ultimately resolved through identification with the parent of the same sex.






24. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves






25. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






26. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism






27. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






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






29. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






30. 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.






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






32. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






33. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






34. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






35. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






36. Recurrence of an extinguished conditioned response - usually following a rest period






37. 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






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






39. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






40. 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.






41. Eating disorder characterized by pattern 9of eating binges followed by purging (e.g. - vomiting - laxatives - exercise)






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






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






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






45. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






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






47. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.






48. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






49. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






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