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






2. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






3. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






4. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






5. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






6. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






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






8. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






9. The process by which the location of sound is determined






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






11. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






12. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






13. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






14. The process by which the probability of an organism's emitting a response is reduced when reinforcement no longer follows the response






15. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






16. An individual's genetic make-up






17. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes






18. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






19. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






20. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






21. Process by which a person takes some action to manage - master - tolerate - or reduce environmental or internal demands that cause or might cause stress and that tax the individual's inner resources






22. Following a strong emotion - an opposing emotion counters the first emotion - lessening the experience of that emotion; on repeated occasions - the opposing emotion becomes stronger






23. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






24. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






25. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






26. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






27. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






28. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






29. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think






30. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






31. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






32. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






33. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






34. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






35. Memory for specific information






36. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






37. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






38. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






39. 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






40. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






41. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






42. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






43. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






44. Period of development from conception until birth






45. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






46. Feelings of rivalry with the parent of the same sex and sexual desire for the parent of the other sex - occurring during the phallic stage and ultimately resolved through identification with the parent of the same sex.






47. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






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






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






50. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire







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