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AP Psychology

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






2. A test score that has not been transformed or converted in any way






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






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






5. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






6. 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






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






8. The appearance of one overt symptom to replace another that has been eliminated by treatment.






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






10. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation






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






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






13. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






14. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






15. Establish the relationship between two variables






16. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






17. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






18. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






19. The process of analyzing and interpreting events - other people - oneself - and the world in general.






20. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






21. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






22. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature






23. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






24. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.






25. The highness or lowness of a sound






26. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






27. Typically a pill that is used as a control in the experiment; a sugar pill






28. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






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






30. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






31. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






32. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






33. 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






34. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






35. 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






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






37. Negative evaluation of an entire group of people - typically based on unfavorable (and often wrong) stereotypes about groups.






38. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






39. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






40. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






41. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






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






43. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






44. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






45. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






46. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






47. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






48. An individual's genetic make-up






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






50. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again