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AP Psychology

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1. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






2. 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






3. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






4. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






5. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






6. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






7. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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






9. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






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






11. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






12. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






13. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






14. 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.






15. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






16. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






17. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






18. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






19. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






20. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals






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






22. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






23. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior






24. Anxiety disorder characterized by marked fear and avoidance of being alone in a place from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing






25. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






26. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






27. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






28. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






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






30. The agreement of participants to take part in an experiment and their acknowledgement that they understand the nature of their participation in the research - and have been fully informed about the general nature of the research - its goals - and met






31. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






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






33. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






34. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






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






36. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






37. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






38. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






39. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






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






41. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






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






43. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






44. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






45. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






46. 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






47. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success






48. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






49. 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






50. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus