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1. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






2. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






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






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






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






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






7. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






8. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






9. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






10. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.






11. The evaluation of the significance of a situation or event as it relates to a person's well-being






12. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






13. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp






14. 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






15. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron






16. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






17. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






18. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






19. Morality based on consequences to self






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






21. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






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






23. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






24. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






25. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus






26. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






27. Way of getting knowledge about the world based on observation






28. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






29. 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.






30. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






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






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






33. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






34. Depth cues that are based on one eye






35. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






36. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






37. A bell-shaped graphic representation of data showing what percentage of the population falls under each part of the curve






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






39. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






40. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






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






42. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






43. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






44. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






45. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






46. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






47. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal






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






49. Holds information for processing; fragile; also called short term memory or working memory






50. 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







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