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AP Psychology

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






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






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






4. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






5. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






6. Loss of memory of events and experiences that preceded an amnesia-causing event






7. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






8. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






9. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state






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






11. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






12. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






13. 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.






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






15. Largest - most complicated - and most advanced of the three divisions of the brain; comprises the thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system - basal ganglia - corpus callosum - and cortex






16. Three age individual IQ tests: WPPSI (children) - WISC (children) - WAIS (adults)






17. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






18. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






19. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






20. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






21. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






22. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






23. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






24. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






25. Social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication - self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students






26. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






27. 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.






28. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






29. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






30. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






31. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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32. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






33. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






34. The repetition of an experiment to test the validity of its conclusion






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






36. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






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






38. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






39. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






40. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






41. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






42. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






43. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






44. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






45. Depressive disorder characterized by loss of interest in almost all of life's usual activities; a sad - hopeless - or discourage mood - sleep disturbance; loss of appetite; loss of energy; and feelings of unworthiness and guilt.






46. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






47. Memory for specific information






48. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






49. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






50. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.