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AP Psychology

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1. Memory for specific information






2. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






3. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






4. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






5. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






6. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






7. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






8. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






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






10. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






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






12. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






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






14. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






15. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






16. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






17. The inability to perceive different hues.






18. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






19. The process by which the location of sound is determined






20. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






21. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron






22. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






23. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






24. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






25. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






26. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






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






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






29. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception






30. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






31. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






32. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






33. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






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






35. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






36. Helps athletes improve their focus - increase motivation - and deal with anxiety and fear of failure






37. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






38. Anxiety disorders characterized by excessive and irrational fear of - and consequent attempted avoidance of - specific objects or situations.






39. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






40. 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






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






42. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






43. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






44. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






45. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






46. Eating disorder characterized by pattern 9of eating binges followed by purging (e.g. - vomiting - laxatives - exercise)






47. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






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






49. Typically a pill that is used as a control in the experiment; a sugar pill






50. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.