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AP Psychology

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






2. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






3. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






4. Organ lying between the stomach and small intestine; regulates blood sugar by secreting to regulating hormones insulin and glucagon






5. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






6. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






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






8. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






9. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






10. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






11. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






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






13. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






14. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






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






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






17. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






18. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






19. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






20. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






21. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






22. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






23. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






24. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






25. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






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






27. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






28. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






29. The highness or lowness of a sound






30. An environmental stimulus that affects an organism in physically or psychologically injurious ways - usually producing anxiety - tension - and physiological arousal






31. A bell-shaped graphic representation of data showing what percentage of the population falls under each part of the curve






32. 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.






33. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






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






35. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






36. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






37. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






38. The study of how language is acquired - perceived - understood - and produced.






39. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






40. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






41. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






42. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






43. Suffering from a gross impairment in reality testing that interferes with the ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.






44. 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.






45. The law that the neuron either fires at 100% or not at all






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






47. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






48. 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.






49. Operant training system that uses secondary reinforcers (tokens) to increase appropriate behavior; learners can exchange tokens for desired rewards






50. Holds information for processing; fragile; also called short term memory or working memory