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AP Psychology

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1. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






2. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






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






4. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






5. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






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






7. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






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






9. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






10. 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






11. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






12. A descriptive statistic that measures the variability of data from the mean of the sample






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






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






15. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






16. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






17. Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development (beginning at about age 12) - during which the individual can think hypothetically - can consider future possibilites - and can use deductive logic






18. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






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






20. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






21. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






22. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






23. Anxiety disorder characterized by fear of - and desire to avoid - situations in which the person might be exposed to scrutiny by others and might behave in an embarrassing or humiliating way.






24. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






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






26. The sense of hearing






27. Sharpness of vision






28. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






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






30. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






31. Way of getting knowledge about the world based on observation






32. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






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






34. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






35. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






36. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






37. Main area for hearing - understanding language (Wernicke's area) - understanding music; smell






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






39. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






40. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






41. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






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






43. Endocrine gland that produces a large amount of hormones; it regulates growth and helps control other endocrine glands; located on underside of brain; sometimes called the 'master gland'






44. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






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






46. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






47. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil






48. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






49. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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50. 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