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AP Psychology

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1. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






2. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






3. Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or violent motor activity or by stupor.






4. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






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






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






7. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






8. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






9. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






10. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






11. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






12. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






13. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






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






15. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






16. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






17. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes






18. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






19. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






20. 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






21. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






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






23. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






24. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






25. The principle that those characteristics and behaviors that help organisms adapt - be fit - and survive will be passed on to successive generations - because flexible - fit individuals have a greater chance of reproduction






26. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






27. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






28. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






29. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






30. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






31. Brain surgery used in the past to alleviate symptoms of serious mental disorders.






32. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






33. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






34. Establish the relationship between two variables






35. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






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






37. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






38. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






39. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






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






41. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






42. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






43. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






44. An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging






45. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






46. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






47. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions






48. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






49. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






50. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.