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AP Psychology

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1. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






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






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






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






5. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






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






7. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






8. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






9. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






10. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






11. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






12. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






13. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






14. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






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






16. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






17. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






18. Tiny oval-shaped sacs in a terminal of one neuron; assist in transferring mineral impulse from one neuron to another neuron by releasing specific neurotransmitters






19. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






20. The brain and spinal cord






21. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






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






23. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






24. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






25. A person's sense of being male or female






26. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






27. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






28. Inability to understand or use language






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






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






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






32. Reflex that causes a newborn to turn the head toward a light touch on lips or cheek






33. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






34. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






35. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






36. A treatment for severe mental illness in which an electric current is briefly applied to the head in order to produce a generalized seizure.






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






38. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






39. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






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






41. The sense of hearing






42. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior






43. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






44. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






45. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






46. The analysis of the meaning of language - especially of individual words.






47. The statistically determined minimum level of stimulation necessary to excite a perceptual system.






48. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives






49. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






50. A fertilized egg