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AP Psychology

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1. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






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






3. 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






4. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






5. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma






6. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






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






8. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






9. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






10. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






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






12. Did work on short-term memory






13. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. Bundles of axons






18. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






19. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






20. A counterconditioning technique in which an aversive or noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus with the undesirable behavior.






21. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






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






23. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.






24. In an experiment - the group of participants to whom a treatment is given






25. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






26. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






27. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






28. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






29. First menstrual period






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






31. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think






32. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






33. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






34. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






35. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






36. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






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






38. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






39. Occurs when recall is better for a distinctive item - even if it occurs in the middle of a list






40. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions






41. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






42. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






43. The tendency for one characteristic of an individual to influence a tester's evaluation of other characteristics






44. Systematic procedure through which associations and responses to specific stimuli are learned






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






46. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






47. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






48. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






49. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






50. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words