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1. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






2. 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






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






4. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






5. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






6. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






7. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






8. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






9. Any event that increases the probability of a recurrence of the response that preceded it






10. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






11. 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






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






13. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






14. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






15. 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






16. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






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






18. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






19. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary






20. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






21. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






22. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






23. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes






24. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






25. 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






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






27. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






28. 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






29. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






30. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






31. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






32. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






33. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






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






35. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






36. Sharpness of vision






37. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






38. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






39. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






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






41. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






42. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






43. 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






44. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






45. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






46. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






47. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






48. A group of psychological disorders characterized by a lack of reality testing and by deterioration of social and intellectual functioning and personality beginning before age 45 and lasting at least 6 months






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






50. Recurrence of an extinguished conditioned response - usually following a rest period







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