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AP Psychology

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1. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






2. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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3. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






4. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world






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






6. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






7. 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






8. 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






9. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






10. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






11. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






12. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






13. 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.






14. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






15. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






16. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






17. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






18. The biologically based categories of male and female






19. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






20. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






21. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






22. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






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






24. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






25. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






26. 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.






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






28. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






29. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






30. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






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






32. Sets of strategies - rather than strict rules - that act as guidelines for discovery-oriented problem solving.






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






34. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






35. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






36. Preset natural body weight - determined by the number of fat cells in the body






37. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






38. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes






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






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






41. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






42. 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






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






44. 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'






45. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






46. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






47. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






48. 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






49. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






50. An observable action