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AP Psychology

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1. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






2. 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






3. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






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






5. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






6. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.






7. 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






8. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






9. 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.






10. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






11. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






12. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary






13. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






14. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






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






16. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






17. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






18. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






19. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






20. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






21. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






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






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






24. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






25. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






26. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






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






28. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






29. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






30. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






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






32. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






33. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






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






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






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






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






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

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39. Motivation; believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach - was the sole basis for hunger; did research that inserted balloons in stomachs






40. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






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






42. 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






43. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






44. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






45. Small area of retina where image is focused






46. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






47. 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






48. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






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






50. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.