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AP Psychology

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1. Anxiety disorder characterized by marked fear and avoidance of being alone in a place from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing






2. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






3. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






4. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






5. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






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






7. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






8. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






9. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






10. 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






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






12. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits






13. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






14. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






15. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






16. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






17. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






18. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant






19. The brain and spinal cord






20. 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?'






21. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






22. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






23. Period of development from conception until birth






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






25. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






26. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles






27. 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.






28. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






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






30. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






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






32. Establish the relationship between two variables






33. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






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






35. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






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






37. Decreased responsiveness with repeated presentation of the same stimulus






38. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






39. Way of getting knowledge about the world based on observation






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






45. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






46. Helps athletes improve their focus - increase motivation - and deal with anxiety and fear of failure






47. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






48. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






49. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






50. Sense of taste