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AP Psychology

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1. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






2. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






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






4. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






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






6. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






7. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






8. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






9. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






10. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






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






12. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






13. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






14. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






15. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






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






17. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






18. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






19. Removal of a stimulus after a particular response to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






20. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






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






22. Biologist; developed theory of evolution; transmutation of species - natural selection - evolution by common descent; 'The Origin of Species' catalogs his voyage on The Beagle






23. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






24. 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






25. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






26. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






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






28. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






29. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






30. Occurs when recall is better for a distinctive item - even if it occurs in the middle of a list






31. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






32. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






33. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






34. Top of the spinal column






35. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






36. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma






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






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






39. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






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






41. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






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






43. 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






44. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






45. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






46. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






47. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






48. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






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






50. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory







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