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AP Psychology
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1. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions
Longitudinal Study
neural impulse
Photoreceptors
limbic system
2. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic
ESP
Thanatology
Approach-avoidance conflict
Howard Gardner
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.
Dream analysis
Social Need
Social Categorization
Rational-emotive therapy
4. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.
Self-actualization
Decision making
dominant genes
Approach-approach conflict
5. Experience of the difference threshold
psychoanalyst
just noticeable difference (JND)
brainstem
receptor site
6. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions
Abnormal Behavior
Rooting reflex
Circadian Rhythms
implicit memory
7. Any event that increases the probability of a recurrence of the response that preceded it
Sucking reflex
Optic chiasm
Reinforcer
counseling psychologist
8. The biologically based categories of male and female
Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome
experimenter bias
Sex
Need
9. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes
Symptom substitution
chromosome
Conditioning
Logic
10. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging
Psychoneuroimmunology
fraternal twins
genetic mapping
sensory adaptation
11. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area
Orgasm phase
norepinephrine
social psychologist
Homeostasis
12. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience
Androgynous
action potential
rods
authoritarian parenting
13. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
ex post facto study
Sensation
autonomic nervous system
sociocultural psychology
14. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues
forensic psychologist
Cross-sectional study
interference
shaping
15. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates
frontal lobes
Clark Hull
Subliminal perception
Abnormal psychology
16. A fertilized egg
interneurons
nature-nurture controversy
Divergent thinking
Zygote
17. Personality assessment; created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan - stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances
Preoperational stage
neuropsychologist
Henry Murray
psychiatrist
18. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony
Egocentrism
sociocultural psychology
Elizabeth Loftus
implicit memory
19. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception
Discrimination
axon terminal
bottom-up processing
relative refractory period
20. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life
psychology
neuron
neurogenesis
Functional fixedness
21. 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.
Imaginary Audience
Major depressive disorder
inhibitory neurotransmitter
Clark Hull
22. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned
Blood-Brain Barrier
Primary Reinforcer
parietal lobes
habituation
23. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one
heritability
forensic psychologist
token economy
consolidation
24. Expectation of the person conducting an experiment which may be affect the outcome
corpus callosum
hormone
experimenter bias
retrieval
25. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons
unconscious
ethnocentrism
B.F. Skinner
ions
26. The sense of hearing
audition
cerebellum
genotype
Representative sample
27. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature
Ivan Pavlov
Dementia
Carl Rogers
eclectic
28. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary
Gibson & Walk
school psychologist
aversive conditioning
John Locke
29. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.
Reactance
John Garcia
synaptic vesicles
Phallic Stage
30. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.
forebrain
Conditioned Stimulus
Anxiety
John Locke
31. Pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) - focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions
Albert Ellis
psychology
range
axon
32. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never
Rosenhan
audition
authoritative parenting
difference threshold
33. 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
Thanatology
Concept
Robert Rosenthal
Circadian Rhythms
34. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness
Egocentrism
Collective Unconscious
Alfred Binet
Dichromats
35. A bell-shaped graphic representation of data showing what percentage of the population falls under each part of the curve
imagery
Learned Helplessness
limbic system
Normal curve
36. The brain and spinal cord
Halo effect
Systematic desensitization
median
central nervous system
37. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes
family studies
scientific method
identical twins
Resistance
38. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal
James-Lange theory of emotion
Specific phobia
Monochromats
semantic memory
39. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'
self-fulfilling prophecy
Projection
Erik Erikson
endocrine glands
40. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.
Altruism
Abnormal Behavior
timbre
Social Need
41. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.
Schema
Optic chiasm
Health psychology
Problem Solving
42. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants
Gibson & Walk
set point
Dissociative disorders
Negative Reinforcement
43. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth
Object permanence
Conditioned Stimulus
Sucking reflex
Preconscious
44. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior
Langer & Rodin
hindbrain
Receptive fields
Fixed-interval Schedule
45. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.
ex post facto study
Mary Ainsworth
Resistance
Phallic Stage
46. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.
antagonist
Reliability
Antisocial personality disorder
Edward Bradford Titchener
47. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
significant difference
Clark Hull
Reliability
48. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp
sociocultural psychology
EEG (electroencephalogram)
social psychologist
Group therapy
49. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held
Burnout
forebrain
Prosocial Behavior
storage
50. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries
industrial/organizational psychologist
population
Carol Gilligan
gonads