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AP Psychology

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1. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






2. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






3. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






4. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






5. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






6. Primary area for processing visual information






7. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






8. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






9. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






10. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






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






12. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






13. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






14. The human need to fulfill one's potential






15. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






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






17. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






18. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






19. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






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






21. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






22. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






23. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






24. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






25. 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






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






27. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






28. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






29. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






30. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






31. The expression of genes






32. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






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






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






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






36. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






37. Pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) - focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions






38. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






39. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






40. The brain and spinal cord






41. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






42. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.






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






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






45. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






46. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






47. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






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






49. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






50. Brain surgery used in the past to alleviate symptoms of serious mental disorders.