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AP Psychology

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1. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






2. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






3. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






4. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






5. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






6. 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






7. Social psychology; research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; doll experiments-black children chose white dolls






8. Personality assessment; created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan - stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances






9. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






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






11. Part of the limbic system; influences emotions such as aggression - fear - and self-protective behaviors






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






13. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






14. The agreement of participants to take part in an experiment and their acknowledgement that they understand the nature of their participation in the research - and have been fully informed about the general nature of the research - its goals - and met






15. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place






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






17. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






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






19. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






20. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






21. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






22. 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






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






24. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






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






26. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






27. Sense of taste






28. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






29. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






30. 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






31. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






32. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






33. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






34. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






35. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






36. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






37. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






38. An individual's genetic make-up






39. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






40. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






41. 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






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






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






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

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






46. A need or want that causes someone to act






47. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






48. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






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






50. Three age individual IQ tests: WPPSI (children) - WISC (children) - WAIS (adults)