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AP Psychology

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1. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






2. Learning; systematic desensitization






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






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






5. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






6. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






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






8. Activation of the central nervous system - the autonomic nervous system - and the muscles and glands






9. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






10. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






11. Morality based on consequences to self






12. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






13. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






14. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






15. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






16. 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.






17. The biologically based categories of male and female






18. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






19. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






20. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






21. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






22. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






23. A group of psychological disorders characterized by a lack of reality testing and by deterioration of social and intellectual functioning and personality beginning before age 45 and lasting at least 6 months






24. Intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly correlated - concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled 'g' (general ability)






25. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






26. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






27. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






28. 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.






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






33. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






34. Ethology (animal behavior); studied imprinting and critical periods in geese






35. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






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






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. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






39. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






40. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






41. Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts and irrational beliefs that cause the performance of compulsive rituals that interfere with daily life.






42. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






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






44. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






45. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






46. Reflex that causes a newborn to turn the head toward a light touch on lips or cheek






47. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






48. A process through which people receive information about the status of a physical system and use this feedback information to learn to control the activity of that system






49. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






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