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AP Psychology

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






2. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






3. The biologically based categories of male and female






4. Top of the brain which includes the thalamus - hypothalamus - and cerebral cortex; responsible for emotional regulation - complex thought - memory aspect of personality






5. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






6. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






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






8. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






9. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






10. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






11. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






12. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






13. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






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






15. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






16. Cognition; studied rats and discovered the 'cognitive map' in rats and humans






17. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






18. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






19. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






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






21. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






22. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






23. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






24. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state






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






26. The study of how language is acquired - perceived - understood - and produced.






27. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






28. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






29. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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30. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






31. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






32. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






33. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






34. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






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






36. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






37. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






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






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






40. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






41. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil






42. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






43. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






44. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi






45. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






46. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






47. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension






48. Sense of smell






49. Morality based on consequences to self






50. Body sense of equilibrium and balance