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AP Psychology

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1. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






2. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






3. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






4. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






5. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






6. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






7. A condition or characteristic of a situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or across situations or individuals






8. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






9. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






10. 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






11. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






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






13. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






14. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






15. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






16. Released by adrenal glands; triggered by norepinephrine to prolong the response to stress (used in the sympathetic nervous system)






17. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






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






19. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






20. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






21. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






22. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






23. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






24. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






25. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






26. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






27. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






28. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






29. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






30. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






31. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






32. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






33. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






34. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






35. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






36. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






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






38. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






39. Reflex that causes a newborn to turn the head toward a light touch on lips or cheek






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






41. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






42. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






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






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






45. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






46. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






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






48. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






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






50. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer