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AP Psychology

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






2. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






3. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






4. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






5. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






6. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






7. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






8. 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






9. Recurrence of an extinguished conditioned response - usually following a rest period






10. Depressive disorder characterized by loss of interest in almost all of life's usual activities; a sad - hopeless - or discourage mood - sleep disturbance; loss of appetite; loss of energy; and feelings of unworthiness and guilt.






11. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






12. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






13. Sense of smell






14. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






15. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






16. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






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






18. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






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

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






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






22. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






23. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






24. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






25. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






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






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






28. The biologically based categories of male and female






29. First menstrual period






30. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






31. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






32. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






33. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






34. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






35. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






36. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






37. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






38. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






39. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






40. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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






42. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






43. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






44. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






45. Sets of strategies - rather than strict rules - that act as guidelines for discovery-oriented problem solving.






46. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






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






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






49. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






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