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AP Psychology

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1. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






2. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






3. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






4. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






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






6. Released by adrenal glands; triggered by norepinephrine to prolong the response to stress (used in the sympathetic nervous system)






7. 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.






8. Intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly correlated - concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled 'g' (general ability)






9. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands






10. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






11. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






12. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






13. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






14. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






15. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






16. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






17. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






18. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






19. Top of the spinal column






20. The inability to perceive different hues.






21. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






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






23. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles






24. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






25. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






26. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






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






28. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






29. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






30. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






31. A person's sense of being male or female






32. 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.






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






34. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






35. 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).






36. 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






37. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






38. 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






39. 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






40. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






41. 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






42. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






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






44. 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.






45. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






46. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






47. Emotion; stated that in order to experience emotions - a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it






48. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






49. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant






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