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AP Psychology
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1. Sharpness of vision
confounding variable
human genomes
visual acuity
Grammar
2. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant
medulla (also medulla oblongata)
ex post facto study
Depressive disorders
Depressants (AKA sedative-hypnotics)
3. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions
Developmental Psychology
somatic nervous system
Interpersonal Attraction
Psychoanalysis
4. A drug that increases alertness - reduces fatigue - and elevates mood
Stimulant
state-dependent learning
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
structuralism
5. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred
Cross-sectional Studies
Variable-ratio Schedule
Logic
Abraham Maslow
6. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.
ions
Resilience
Obedience
amygdala
7. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell
pseudoscience
behavioral genetics
Ivan Pavlov
strain studies
8. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals
Type B behavior
Grasping reflex
operational definition
adrenal glands
9. 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)
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
neural impulse
Fulfillment
nonconscious
10. 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
Antisocial personality disorder
Edward Bradford Titchener
hindbrain
evolutionary psychology
11. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval
parasympathetic nervous system
polarization
Variable-interval Schedule
aptitude test
12. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups
hypothesis
Rooting reflex
Concordance rate
anterograde amnesia
13. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1
memory
Model
correlation coefficient
strain studies
14. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.
Fixed-interval Schedule
Phonology
recency effect
myelin sheath
15. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.
Double bind
Moro reflex
Psychophysics
neuroscience
16. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth
Type B behavior
nature
rods
Bonding
17. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior
twin studies
Coping
Negative Reinforcement
Ageism
18. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)
Phillip Zimbardo
binocular cues
median
postconventional level of moral development
19. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
Solomon Asch
Trichromatic theory
Zajonc & Markus
20. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life
Substance Abuser
Insomnia
Electromagnetic Radiation
Stimulus Generalization
21. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place
nervous system
Vulnerability
confounding variable
menopause
22. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control
Halo effect
Leon Festinger
Learned Helplessness
inhibitory neurotransmitter
23. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior
storage
nature-nurture controversy
implicit memory
gene
24. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons
Fixation
Groupthink
afferent neuron nerve
Motivation
25. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure
engineering psychologist
Stanley Milgram
behavior
endorphins
26. Retrieval cues that match original information work better
Model
encoding specificity principle
Repression
Obedience
27. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress
parasympathetic nervous system
Mediation
Holmes & Rahe
split brain patients
28. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.
instinct
Perception
Abnormal psychology
authoritarian parenting
29. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment
control group
Karen Horney
Social Influence
dendrites
30. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation
Health psychology
frequency
Displacement
Karl Wernicke
31. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion
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32. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.
Self-fulfilling prophecy
ex post facto study
Bipolar disorder
levels-of-processing approach
33. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts
dualism
parietal lobes
Means-ends analysis
David McClelland
34. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.
Robert Rosenthal
Monochromats
Personality
Latent Learning
35. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.
Transference
Robert Zajonc
convolutions
positive psychology
36. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image
Critical Period
anorexia nervosa
Cognitive Dissonance
Representative sample
37. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues
forensic psychologist
Kenneth Clark
retroactive interference
Demand characteristics
38. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services
DNA
Child abuse
achievement test
Mainstreaming
39. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit
Bulimia Nervosa
Dissociative identity disorder
Hermann Rorschach
Systematic desensitization
40. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.
Aggression
axon
Prosocial Behavior
ethnocentrism
41. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance
Leon Festinger
efferent neuron nerve
Personality disorders
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
42. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony
Walter B. Cannon
sports psychologist
Group
Elizabeth Loftus
43. The increase in sensitivity to light that occurs when the illumination level changes from high to low - causing chemicals in the rods and cones to regenerate and return to their inactive state.
Dark adaptation
Heuristics
Personality disorders
Social Categorization
44. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence
Oedipus Complex
Bipolar disorder
neural plasticity
flashbulb memories
45. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness
Martin Seligman
John Locke
Personality
Social Influence
46. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation
parasympathetic nervous system
Shaping
gene
Concrete operational stage
47. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand
retrograde amnesia
Grasping reflex
midbrain
Demand characteristics
48. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'
axon terminal
Karen Horney
Judith Langlois
Transference
49. Focuses on psychological factors in illness
Resilience
health psychologist
Dependence
occipital lobes
50. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.
Holmes & Rahe
Psychotherapy
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Gibson & Walk