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AP Psychology

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1. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






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






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






4. The human need to fulfill one's potential






5. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






6. Cognition; studied rats and discovered the 'cognitive map' in rats and humans






7. The process of analyzing and interpreting events - other people - oneself - and the world in general.






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






9. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.






10. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






11. 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.






12. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






13. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






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






15. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






16. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






17. Commonly occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent behavior






18. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






19. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






20. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






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






22. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






23. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






24. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






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






26. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






27. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






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






29. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension






30. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






31. Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development (beginning at about age 12) - during which the individual can think hypothetically - can consider future possibilites - and can use deductive logic






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






33. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior






34. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






35. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






36. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






37. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






38. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






39. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






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






41. 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






42. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






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






44. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






45. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory






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






47. Sense of smell






48. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






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






50. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning