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AP Psychology

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






2. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.






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






4. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






5. Top of the spinal column






6. Helps athletes improve their focus - increase motivation - and deal with anxiety and fear of failure






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






8. 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






9. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






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






11. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






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






13. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






14. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






15. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






16. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






17. A treatment for severe mental illness in which an electric current is briefly applied to the head in order to produce a generalized seizure.






18. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






19. Learning; systematic desensitization






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






21. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






22. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






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






24. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






25. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






26. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






27. The biologically based categories of male and female






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






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






30. 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






31. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






32. An observable action






33. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






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






35. False beliefs that are inconsistent with reality but are held in spite of evidence that disproves them.






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






37. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






38. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






39. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1






40. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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41. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






42. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






43. The first phase of the sexual response cycle during which there are increases in heart rate blood pressure and respiration






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






45. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






46. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






47. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






48. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension






49. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






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