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AP Psychology

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1. 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






2. The expression of genes






3. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






4. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion


5. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






6. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






7. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






8. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






9. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






10. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






11. Statistical procedure designed to discover the independent elements (factors) in any set of data






12. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






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






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






15. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






16. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






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






18. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






19. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions






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






21. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






22. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






23. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






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






25. Expectation of the person conducting an experiment which may be affect the outcome






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






27. False beliefs that are inconsistent with reality but are held in spite of evidence that disproves them.






28. 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.






29. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






30. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






31. The sense of hearing






32. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






33. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






34. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






35. 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.






36. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






37. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






38. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






39. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






40. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






41. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






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






43. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






44. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






45. 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.






46. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






47. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






48. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






49. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






50. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.