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AP Psychology

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1. 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.






2. A need or want that causes someone to act






3. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






4. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary






5. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world






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






7. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






8. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






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






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






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






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






13. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






14. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






15. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






16. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






17. 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 -






18. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






19. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






20. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






21. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






22. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






23. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






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






25. The brain and spinal cord






26. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste






27. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






28. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






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






30. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






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






32. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






33. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






34. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






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






36. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






37. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






38. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles






39. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves






40. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'






41. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






42. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






43. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






44. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






45. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






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






47. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






48. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






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






50. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression