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AP Psychology

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1. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






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






3. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never






9. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






10. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






11. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






12. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






13. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






14. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






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






16. People's tendency to ascribe their positive behaviors to their own internal traits - but their failures and shortcomings to external - situational factors.






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






18. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






19. 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






20. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






21. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






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






23. The extent to which scores differ from one another






24. The process of analyzing and interpreting events - other people - oneself - and the world in general.






25. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






26. The brain and spinal cord






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






28. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






29. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






30. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






31. 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.






32. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






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






34. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






35. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






36. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






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






38. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






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






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






41. Top of the spinal column






42. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






43. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






44. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.






45. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






46. Inability to understand or use language






47. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






48. The law that the neuron either fires at 100% or not at all






49. A condition or characteristic of a situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or across situations or individuals






50. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth