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AP Psychology

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1. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






2. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






3. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






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






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






6. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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7. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






8. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






9. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






10. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.






11. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






12. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






13. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






14. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






15. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






16. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






17. Experience of the difference threshold






18. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






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






20. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






21. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






22. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






23. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






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






25. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






26. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






27. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






28. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






29. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






30. Largest - most complicated - and most advanced of the three divisions of the brain; comprises the thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system - basal ganglia - corpus callosum - and cortex






31. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






32. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






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






34. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






35. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






36. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






37. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






38. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






39. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






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






41. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






42. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






43. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.






44. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






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






46. Personality assessment; created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan - stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances






47. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






48. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






49. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






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