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AP Psychology
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1. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need
positive psychology
Burnout
Stimulus Discrimination
Drive
2. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments
behaviorism
Types
Unconditioned Response
correlation coefficient
3. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)
midbrain
phenotype
Raymond Cattell
Motive
4. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes
endocrine system
ex post facto study
Edward Bradford Titchener
Benjamin Whorf
5. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation
reticular formation (RF) (RES)
Standard score
Working through
Gender stereotype
6. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands
Percentile score
axon
Group therapy
Extinction (operant conditioning)
7. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.
elaborative rehearsal
René Descartes
Divergent thinking
nurture
8. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)
Conditioned Response
Robert Sternberg
ethnocentrism
Langer & Rodin
9. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal
Gender
Operant Conditioning
Schachter-Singer theory of emotion
Dream analysis
10. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)
Gestalt psychology
parathyroid
Heuristics
myelin sheath
11. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data
Algorithm
statistics
Arousal
Expectancy Theories
12. Typically a pill that is used as a control in the experiment; a sugar pill
Bystander Effect
random sample
placebo
Excitement phase
13. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned
Hermann Rorschach
René Descartes
Mary Cover-Jones
Rape
14. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.
Ego
Defense Mechanism
somatic nervous system
Psychotic
15. 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.
Aggression
Phonology
statistics
Reactance
16. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles
Stimulus Discrimination
Biofeedback
hindbrain
Carl Jung
17. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed
Aaron Beck
Generalized anxiety disorder
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep
Grasping reflex
18. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Dementia
Carl Rogers
Stressor
autonomic nervous system
19. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.
neural plasticity
Specific phobia
insulin
correlational research
20. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus
Discrimination
Functional fixedness
Conditioned Response
Alzheimer's Disease
21. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved
Aggression
chunks
storage
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
22. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.
human genomes
Debriefing
Nonverbal Communication
mutation
23. Part of the brain that coordinates balance - movement - reflexes
cerebellum
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep
Morpheme
Coping
24. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches
eclectic
ACTH (arenocorticotropic hormone)
pancreas
Masters & Johnson
25. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness
polygenic inheritance
Intrinsic motivation
Latency Stage
Psychoactive Drug
26. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.
Gender Schema Theory
Variable-ratio Schedule
Optic chiasm
double-blind procedure
27. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth
dependent variable
Fetus
Systematic desensitization
Libido
28. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place
Intimacy
Spontaneous Recovery
William Dement
working memory
29. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus
Abnormal Behavior
thyroxine
Humanistic theory
Stimulus Generalization
30. Negative evaluation of an entire group of people - typically based on unfavorable (and often wrong) stereotypes about groups.
Stimulus Generalization
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Logic
Prejudice
31. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality
Alfred Adler
human genomes
functionalism
Lewis Terman
32. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another
strain studies
Myopic
Stanford-Binet intelligence tests
Masters & Johnson
33. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them
Withdrawal Symptoms
efferent neuron nerve
axon terminal
Ageism
34. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
reticular formation (RF) (RES)
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Dissociative amnesia
pancreas
35. 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.
Attitudes
Decision making
Agoraphobia
random sample
36. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.
Brainstorming
Type A behavior
Prosocial Behavior
Gordon Allport
37. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world
James-Lange theory of emotion
schema
social psychologist
Motive
38. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing
Robert Yerkes
retroactive interference
selective attention
behavioral genetics
39. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences
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40. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input
episodic memory
Harry Harlow
Need for achievement
ESP
41. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.
kinesthesis
Aaron Beck
retrieval
Specific phobia
42. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making
Raw score
engineering psychologist
authoritative parenting
Stanley Schachter
43. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences
transfer appropriate processing
Displacement
Accommodation
Formal operational stage
44. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Bulimia Nervosa
Expectancy Theories
iris
45. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world
semantic memory
memory
Bonding
Saccades
46. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system
Sensorimotor stage
encoding
Blood-Brain Barrier
hindbrain
47. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior
Gender Identity
Model
Latent Learning
Ego
48. The inability to perceive different hues.
Latent Content
nerve
pitch
Color Blindness
49. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place
Psychoactive Drug
nervous system
Undifferentiated type of schizophrenia
Cognitive Dissonance
50. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.
Kenneth Clark
Conformity
Social Loafing
Heuristics