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AP Psychology

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






2. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






3. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






4. The view that knowledge should be acquired through observation and often an experiment






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






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






7. Helps athletes improve their focus - increase motivation - and deal with anxiety and fear of failure






8. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.






9. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






10. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






11. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






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






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






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






15. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






16. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






17. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






18. 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.






19. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher






20. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study






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






22. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates






23. 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 -






24. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






25. 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.






26. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






27. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






28. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






29. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.






30. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






31. Main area for hearing - understanding language (Wernicke's area) - understanding music; smell






32. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






33. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






34. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






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






36. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






37. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant






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






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






40. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






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






42. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






43. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






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






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






46. Automatic behavior that occurs involuntarily in response to a stimulus and without prior learning and usually shows little variability from instance to instance






47. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






48. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.






49. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






50. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception







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