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AP Psychology

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1. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






2. 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






3. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






4. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






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






6. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






7. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher






8. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think






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






10. Way of getting knowledge about the world based on observation






11. A person's sense of being male or female






12. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






13. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






14. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






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






16. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






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






18. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






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






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






21. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'






22. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






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






24. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






25. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






26. 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.






27. The behavior of giving up or not responding - exhibited by people and animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they feel they have no control.






28. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






29. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






30. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






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






32. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






33. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






34. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. 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






38. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






39. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






40. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






41. In Adler's theory - a feeling of openness with all humanity.






42. Small area of retina where image is focused






43. Recurrence of an extinguished conditioned response - usually following a rest period






44. An observable action






45. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






46. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






47. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






48. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.






49. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






50. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1