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AP Psychology

Subjects : psychology, ap
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1. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






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






3. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






4. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






5. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






6. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






7. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






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






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






10. A person's experiences in the environment






11. 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






12. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






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






14. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






15. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






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






17. Biologist; developed theory of evolution; transmutation of species - natural selection - evolution by common descent; 'The Origin of Species' catalogs his voyage on The Beagle






18. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






19. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






20. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






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






22. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






23. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






24. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






25. The tendency of one person to evaluate another person (or a symbol or image of another person) in a positive way.






26. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






27. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.






28. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






29. Part of the limbic system; influences emotions such as aggression - fear - and self-protective behaviors






30. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






31. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






32. 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.






33. Morality based on consequences to self






34. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






35. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






36. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






37. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






38. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






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






40. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






41. Does research on how people function best with machines






42. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






43. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






44. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






45. Sense of taste






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






47. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






48. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






49. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives






50. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events