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AP Psychology

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1. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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2. A treatment for severe mental illness in which an electric current is briefly applied to the head in order to produce a generalized seizure.






3. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes






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






5. 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.






6. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






7. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth






8. Small area of retina where image is focused






9. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






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






11. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






12. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






13. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






14. Depressive disorder characterized by loss of interest in almost all of life's usual activities; a sad - hopeless - or discourage mood - sleep disturbance; loss of appetite; loss of energy; and feelings of unworthiness and guilt.






15. Applies psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and the quality of work life






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. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






18. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






19. Social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication - self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students






20. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






21. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






22. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






23. Intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly correlated - concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled 'g' (general ability)






24. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






25. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






26. Removal of a stimulus after a particular response to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






27. The principle that those characteristics and behaviors that help organisms adapt - be fit - and survive will be passed on to successive generations - because flexible - fit individuals have a greater chance of reproduction






28. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






29. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






30. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






31. Theory suggesting that there are two routes to attitude change: the central route - which focuses on thoughtful consideration of an argument for change - and the peripheral route - which focuses on less careful - more emotional - and even superficial






32. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






33. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






34. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






35. Perspective developed by freud - which assumes that psychological problems are the result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces of which a person might be unaware






36. Motivation; believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach - was the sole basis for hunger; did research that inserted balloons in stomachs






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






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






39. 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.






40. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






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






42. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






43. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






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






45. 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






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






47. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state






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






49. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






50. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior