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AP Psychology

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






2. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






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






4. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






5. An observable action






6. Systematic procedure through which associations and responses to specific stimuli are learned






7. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






8. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






9. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






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






11. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






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






13. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






14. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






15. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






16. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






17. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






18. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study






19. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






20. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






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






22. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






23. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






24. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






25. 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






26. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






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






28. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






29. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






30. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






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






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






33. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






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






35. Establish the relationship between two variables






36. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






37. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






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






39. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






40. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






41. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






42. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory






43. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






44. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






45. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






46. The study of the psychological and medical aspects of death and dying






47. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






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






49. 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






50. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions