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AP Psychology

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1. The principle that those characteristics and behaviors that help organisms adapt - be fit - and survive will be passed on to successive generations - because flexible - fit individuals have a greater chance of reproduction






2. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






3. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






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






5. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






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






7. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






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






9. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






10. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception






11. Small area of retina where image is focused






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






13. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






14. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






15. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits






16. 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'






17. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






18. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






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






20. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






21. A person's sense of being male or female






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






23. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






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






25. 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






26. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






27. 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






28. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






29. The behavior of giving up or not responding - exhibited by people and animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they feel they have no control.






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






31. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






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






33. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






34. Feelings of rivalry with the parent of the same sex and sexual desire for the parent of the other sex - occurring during the phallic stage and ultimately resolved through identification with the parent of the same sex.






35. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






36. Depth cues that are based on one eye






37. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






38. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






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






40. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






41. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






42. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






43. 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.






44. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






45. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






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






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






48. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






49. Systematic procedure through which associations and responses to specific stimuli are learned






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