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AP Psychology

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






2. Any event that increases the probability of a recurrence of the response that preceded it






3. 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






4. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






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






6. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior






7. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






8. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






9. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






10. A drug that increases alertness - reduces fatigue - and elevates mood






11. A condition or characteristic of a situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or across situations or individuals






12. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






13. Commonly occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent behavior






14. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






15. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.






16. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






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






18. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






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






20. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






21. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






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






23. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






24. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste






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






26. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






27. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






28. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






29. Tiny oval-shaped sacs in a terminal of one neuron; assist in transferring mineral impulse from one neuron to another neuron by releasing specific neurotransmitters






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






31. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






32. Activation of the central nervous system - the autonomic nervous system - and the muscles and glands






33. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






34. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






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






36. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






37. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.






38. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






39. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






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






41. The behavior of giving up or not responding - exhibited by people and animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they feel they have no control.






42. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






43. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






44. The highness or lowness of a sound






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






46. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






47. The statistically determined minimum level of stimulation necessary to excite a perceptual system.






48. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






49. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






50. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions