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AP Psychology

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1. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






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






3. An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging






4. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






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






6. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






7. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






8. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






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






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

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11. Moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely diffe






12. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






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






14. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






15. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






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






17. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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






19. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






20. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






21. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






22. Sense of smell






23. 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






24. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






25. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






26. Primary area for processing visual information






27. 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






28. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






29. Memory for specific information






30. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






31. 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






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






33. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






34. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






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






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






37. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






38. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






39. An environmental stimulus that affects an organism in physically or psychologically injurious ways - usually producing anxiety - tension - and physiological arousal






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






41. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






42. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






43. 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)






44. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






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






46. 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.






47. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






48. 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.






49. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






50. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates