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AP Psychology

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






2. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'






3. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






4. 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






5. A three-stage counterconditioning procedure in which people are taught to relax when confronting stimuli that forming elicited anxiety.






6. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation






7. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






8. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






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






10. An individual's genetic make-up






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






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






13. A need or want that causes someone to act






14. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






15. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






16. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature






17. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






18. Did work on short-term memory






19. The brain and spinal cord






20. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






21. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






22. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






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






24. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






25. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






26. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






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






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






29. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






30. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data






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






32. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






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






34. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






35. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






36. The middle division of brain responsible for hearing and sight; location where pain is registered; includes temporal lobe - occipital lobe - and most of the parietal lobe






37. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






38. People who can distinguish only two of the three basic colors.






39. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






40. An environmental stimulus that affects an organism in physically or psychologically injurious ways - usually producing anxiety - tension - and physiological arousal






41. Eating disorder characterized by pattern 9of eating binges followed by purging (e.g. - vomiting - laxatives - exercise)






42. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






43. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






44. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception






45. The view that knowledge should be acquired through observation and often an experiment






46. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






47. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






48. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






49. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






50. 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.