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






2. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.






3. Operant training system that uses secondary reinforcers (tokens) to increase appropriate behavior; learners can exchange tokens for desired rewards






4. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






5. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






6. The process by which the probability of an organism's emitting a response is reduced when reinforcement no longer follows the response






7. 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.






8. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






9. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






10. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






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






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






13. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






14. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






15. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






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






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






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






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






20. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






21. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.






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






23. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






24. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






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






26. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






27. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






28. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






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






30. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






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






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






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






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






35. Anxiety disorder characterized by fear of - and desire to avoid - situations in which the person might be exposed to scrutiny by others and might behave in an embarrassing or humiliating way.






36. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.






37. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






38. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






39. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






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






41. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






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






43. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






44. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






45. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






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






47. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






48. A three-stage counterconditioning procedure in which people are taught to relax when confronting stimuli that forming elicited anxiety.






49. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






50. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.







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