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AP Psychology

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1. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






2. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






3. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






4. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






5. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






6. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






7. Transparent covering of the eye






8. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






9. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






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






11. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






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. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






14. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






15. '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






16. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






17. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






18. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






19. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






20. The analysis of the meaning of language - especially of individual words.






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






22. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






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






24. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






25. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






26. A person's experiences in the environment






27. 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






28. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






29. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






30. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






31. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






32. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






33. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






34. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






35. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






36. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






37. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






38. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






39. 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






40. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






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






42. 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.






43. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






44. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






45. 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.






46. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






47. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






48. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






49. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






50. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.