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AP Psychology

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1. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






2. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






3. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






4. 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






5. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






6. 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






7. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






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






9. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






10. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






11. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions






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






13. The evaluation of the significance of a situation or event as it relates to a person's well-being






14. Located in left frontal lobe; controls production of speech

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15. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






16. Experience of the difference threshold






17. False beliefs that are inconsistent with reality but are held in spite of evidence that disproves them.






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






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






20. The process of growth and the realization of individual potential; in the humanistic view - a final level of psychological development in which a person attempts to minimize ill health - be fully functioning - have a superior perception of reality -






21. Released by adrenal glands; triggered by norepinephrine to prolong the response to stress (used in the sympathetic nervous system)






22. The way words and groups of words combine to form phrases - clauses - and sentences.






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






24. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






25. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






26. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






27. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






28. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






29. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






30. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






31. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






32. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






33. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






34. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






35. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






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






37. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






38. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






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






40. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






41. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






42. Ethology (animal behavior); studied imprinting and critical periods in geese






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






44. Child psychoanalysis; emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






45. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






46. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






47. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






48. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1






49. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






50. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.







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