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AP Psychology

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1. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






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






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






4. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






5. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never






6. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






7. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






8. 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






9. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






10. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






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






12. A condition or characteristic of a situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or across situations or individuals






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






14. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






15. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






16. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






17. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






18. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study






19. The sense of hearing






20. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






21. Sharpness of vision






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






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






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






25. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






26. 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.






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






28. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






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






30. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






31. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






32. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.






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






34. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






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






36. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






37. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






38. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






39. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






40. 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)






41. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






42. Transparent covering of the eye






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






44. 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






45. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






46. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






47. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






48. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






49. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






50. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals