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AP Psychology

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






2. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






3. 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






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






5. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






6. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives






7. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






8. Automatic behavior that occurs involuntarily in response to a stimulus and without prior learning and usually shows little variability from instance to instance






9. Pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests - designed a test to identify slow learners in need of help-not applicable in the U.S. because it was too culture-bound (French)






10. A person's experiences in the environment






11. 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






12. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






13. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






14. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






15. Part of the limbic system; influences emotions such as aggression - fear - and self-protective behaviors






16. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






17. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






18. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






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






20. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






21. The human need to fulfill one's potential






22. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






23. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.






24. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






25. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






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






27. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






28. An observable action






29. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






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






31. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






32. Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or violent motor activity or by stupor.






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






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






35. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






36. Negative evaluation of an entire group of people - typically based on unfavorable (and often wrong) stereotypes about groups.






37. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






38. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






39. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






40. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






41. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






42. 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






43. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






44. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






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






46. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






47. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






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






49. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






50. People who can distinguish only two of the three basic colors.