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AP Psychology

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1. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.






2. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






3. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






4. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






5. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






6. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






7. Statistical procedure designed to discover the independent elements (factors) in any set of data






8. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






9. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






10. 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






11. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






12. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






13. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






14. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






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






16. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






17. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






18. Area on retina with no receptor cells (where optic nerve leaves the eye)






19. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






20. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






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






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






23. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






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






25. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






26. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






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






28. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






29. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






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






31. Social psychology; research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; doll experiments-black children chose white dolls






32. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






33. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






34. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






35. An individual's genetic make-up






36. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






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






38. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






39. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






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






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






42. A need or want that causes someone to act






43. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






44. Depth cues that are based on one eye






45. 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






46. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






47. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






48. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






49. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






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







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