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AP Psychology

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1. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






2. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






3. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






4. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






5. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






6. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






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






8. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






9. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






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






11. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






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






13. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






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






15. 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






16. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






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






18. Anxiety disorder characterized by marked fear and avoidance of being alone in a place from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing






19. Sense of taste






20. Sense of smell






21. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






22. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.






23. Commonly occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent behavior






24. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






25. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






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






27. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






28. 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.






29. A counterconditioning technique in which an aversive or noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus with the undesirable behavior.






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






31. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






32. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






33. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






34. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






35. Perspective developed by freud - which assumes that psychological problems are the result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces of which a person might be unaware






36. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






37. Small area of retina where image is focused






38. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






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






40. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






41. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






42. The extent to which scores differ from one another






43. Endocrine gland that produces a large amount of hormones; it regulates growth and helps control other endocrine glands; located on underside of brain; sometimes called the 'master gland'






44. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






45. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






46. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






47. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






48. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






49. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






50. A descriptive statistic that measures the variability of data from the mean of the sample