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AP Psychology

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1. Experience of the difference threshold






2. The analysis of the meaning of language - especially of individual words.






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






4. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






5. 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






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






7. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






8. 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)






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






10. 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.






11. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






12. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






13. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






14. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






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






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






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






18. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






19. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






20. The highness or lowness of a sound






21. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






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






23. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






24. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






25. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






26. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






27. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






28. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






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






30. 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






31. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






32. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






33. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






34. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes






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






36. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






37. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






38. Positively reinforcing closer and closer approximation of a desired behavior to teach a new behavior






39. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






40. The repetition of an experiment to test the validity of its conclusion






41. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






42. The human need to fulfill one's potential






43. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






44. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






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






46. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






47. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






48. 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.






49. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






50. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time