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AP Psychology

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1. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






2. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






3. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






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






5. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth






6. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






7. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






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






9. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






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






11. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






12. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






13. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






14. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






15. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






16. The creation or re-creation of a mental picture of a sensory or perceptual experience






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






18. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






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






20. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






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






22. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






23. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal






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






25. 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.






26. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






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






28. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






29. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






30. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






31. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






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






33. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






34. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






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






36. Personality theorist; asserted that personality is largely determined by genes - used introversion/extroversion






37. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






38. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






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






40. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






41. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






42. 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.






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. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






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






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






47. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






48. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






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






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







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