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AP Psychology

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






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






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






4. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






5. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






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






7. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place






8. '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






9. The expression of genes






10. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






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






12. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






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






14. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






15. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






16. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






17. 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.






18. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






19. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






20. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






21. Does research on how people function best with machines






22. Primary area for processing visual information






23. Cognition; studied rats and discovered the 'cognitive map' in rats and humans






24. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






25. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






26. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






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






28. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






29. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






30. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






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






32. 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






33. Establish the relationship between two variables






34. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






35. The biologically based categories of male and female






36. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






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






38. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






39. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






40. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






41. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






42. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






43. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






44. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






45. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






46. Process by which a person takes some action to manage - master - tolerate - or reduce environmental or internal demands that cause or might cause stress and that tax the individual's inner resources






47. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






48. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






49. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






50. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making