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AP Psychology

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1. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






2. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






3. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






4. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






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






6. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






7. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






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






9. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






10. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






11. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






12. Statistical procedure designed to discover the independent elements (factors) in any set of data






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






14. The tendency of one person to evaluate another person (or a symbol or image of another person) in a positive way.






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






16. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






17. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






18. Constructed by Lewis Terman - originally used ratio IQ (MA/CA x 100); now based on deviation from mean






19. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






20. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






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






22. 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.






23. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






24. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






25. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






26. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






27. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






28. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






29. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






30. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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31. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






32. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






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






34. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






35. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






36. Anxiety disorders characterized by excessive and irrational fear of - and consequent attempted avoidance of - specific objects or situations.






37. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






38. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






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






40. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates






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






42. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






43. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






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






45. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






46. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






47. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






48. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






49. 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






50. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict