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AP Psychology

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1. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






2. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






3. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






4. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






5. The brain and spinal cord






6. A group of psychological disorders characterized by a lack of reality testing and by deterioration of social and intellectual functioning and personality beginning before age 45 and lasting at least 6 months






7. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






8. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






9. 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.






10. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






11. Freud's level of mental life that consists of mental activities beyond people's normal awareness.






12. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






13. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp






14. Bundles of axons






15. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






16. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






17. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






18. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






19. 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.






20. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






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






22. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






23. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.






24. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






25. 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?'






26. 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






27. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






28. The genetically determined physical features that differentiate the sexes but are not directly involved with reproduction






29. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi






30. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






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






32. 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.






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






34. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






35. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






36. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






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






38. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






39. The tendency for one characteristic of an individual to influence a tester's evaluation of other characteristics






40. The expression of genes






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






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






43. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






44. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






45. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1






46. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






47. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






48. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






49. Systematic procedure through which associations and responses to specific stimuli are learned






50. 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.







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