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AP Psychology

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1. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






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






3. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






4. Emotional intelligence






5. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






6. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters






7. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






8. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






9. 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.






10. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






11. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






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






13. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






14. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






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






16. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






17. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






18. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






19. Part of the brain that coordinates balance - movement - reflexes






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






21. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






22. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






23. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






24. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






25. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






26. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






27. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






28. The expression of genes






29. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






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






31. Visual theory - proposed by Herring - that color is coded by stimulation of three types of paired receptors; each pair of receptors is assumed to operate in an antagonist way so that stimulation by a given wavelength produces excitation (increased fi






32. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






33. Does research on how people function best with machines






34. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






35. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






36. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






37. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






38. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






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






40. 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






41. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






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






43. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






44. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






45. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






46. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






47. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






48. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






49. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






50. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.