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AP Psychology

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






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






3. A group of psychological disorders characterized by a lack of reality testing and by deterioration of social and intellectual functioning and personality beginning before age 45 and lasting at least 6 months






4. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






5. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






6. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






7. A fertilized egg






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






9. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.






10. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






11. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






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






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






14. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






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






16. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






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






18. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






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






20. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes






21. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






22. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






23. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






24. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






25. The principle that those characteristics and behaviors that help organisms adapt - be fit - and survive will be passed on to successive generations - because flexible - fit individuals have a greater chance of reproduction






26. Decreased responsiveness with repeated presentation of the same stimulus






27. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






28. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






29. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






30. Did work on short-term memory






31. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






32. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






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






34. The inability to perceive different hues.






35. Ethology (animal behavior); studied imprinting and critical periods in geese






36. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






37. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






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






39. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






40. 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






41. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






42. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






43. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






44. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






45. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






46. 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






47. 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






48. Intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly correlated - concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled 'g' (general ability)






49. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






50. 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