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AP Psychology

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1. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






2. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






3. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






4. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






5. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






6. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






7. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth






8. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.






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






10. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes






11. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






12. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






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






14. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






15. 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 -






16. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






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






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






19. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






20. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






21. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






22. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






23. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






24. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






25. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






26. The increase in sensitivity to light that occurs when the illumination level changes from high to low - causing chemicals in the rods and cones to regenerate and return to their inactive state.






27. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






28. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






29. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






30. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






31. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






32. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






33. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






34. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






35. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






36. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






37. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes






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






39. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






40. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






41. The suppression of one bit of information by another






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






43. 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;






44. Perspective that focuses on the mental processes involved in perception - learning - memory - and thinking






45. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






46. Experience of the difference threshold






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






48. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






49. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






50. The extent to which scores differ from one another