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AP Psychology

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1. An individual's genetic make-up






2. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






3. Moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely diffe






4. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






5. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






6. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






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






8. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






9. 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






10. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






11. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






12. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






13. First menstrual period






14. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions






15. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






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






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






18. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






19. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






20. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






21. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






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






23. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






24. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






25. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






26. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






27. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






28. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






29. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






30. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






31. The expression of genes






32. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






33. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






34. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






35. The suppression of one bit of information by another






36. Social psychology; research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; doll experiments-black children chose white dolls






37. 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






38. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






39. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






40. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






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






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






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






44. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






45. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






46. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth






47. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






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






49. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






50. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes