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AP Psychology

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1. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






2. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth






3. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






4. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






5. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






6. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






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






8. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






9. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






10. 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.






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






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






13. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






14. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes






15. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






16. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism






17. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






18. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






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






20. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






21. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






22. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






23. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






24. 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






25. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






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






27. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






28. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






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






30. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






31. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






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






33. The way words and groups of words combine to form phrases - clauses - and sentences.






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






35. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes






36. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






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






38. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






39. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






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






41. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






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






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






44. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






45. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






46. 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






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






48. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






49. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






50. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations