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AP Psychology

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1. Experience of the difference threshold






2. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






3. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






4. Period of development from conception until birth






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






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






7. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






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






9. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






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






11. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






12. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






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






14. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






15. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






16. A person's experiences in the environment






17. The extent to which people are flexible and respond adaptively to external or internal demands






18. Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation - they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.






19. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






20. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






21. The level of consciousness devoted to processes completely unavailable to conscious awareness (e.g. - fingernails growing)






22. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






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






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






25. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






26. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits






27. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






28. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






29. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






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






31. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world






32. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






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






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






35. Statistical procedure designed to discover the independent elements (factors) in any set of data






36. Morality based on consequences to self






37. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






38. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






39. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






40. 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






41. Sense of taste






42. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






43. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






44. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






45. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






46. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






47. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






48. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






49. 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






50. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






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