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AP Psychology

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1. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






2. Preset natural body weight - determined by the number of fat cells in the body






3. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






4. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






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






6. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






7. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






8. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






9. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves






10. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






11. The law that the neuron either fires at 100% or not at all






12. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception






13. 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






14. Transparent covering of the eye






15. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






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






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






18. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






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






20. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






21. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






22. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






23. A schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type.






24. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses






25. The biologically based categories of male and female






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






27. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






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






29. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






30. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






31. The human need to fulfill one's potential






32. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






33. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






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






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






36. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






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






38. Inability to understand or use language






39. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study






40. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






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






42. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






43. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






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






45. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






46. The extent to which scores differ from one another






47. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






48. People's tendency to ascribe their positive behaviors to their own internal traits - but their failures and shortcomings to external - situational factors.






49. Theory suggesting that there are two routes to attitude change: the central route - which focuses on thoughtful consideration of an argument for change - and the peripheral route - which focuses on less careful - more emotional - and even superficial






50. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins