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AP Psychology

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1. Sharpness of vision






2. Occurs when recall is better for a distinctive item - even if it occurs in the middle of a list






3. 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






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






5. Top of the spinal column






6. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






7. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






8. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






9. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






10. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






11. An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging






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






13. Transparent covering of the eye






14. Depth cues that are based on one eye






15. The process by which the probability of an organism's emitting a response is reduced when reinforcement no longer follows the response






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






17. Cognition; studied rats and discovered the 'cognitive map' in rats and humans






18. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






19. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






20. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






21. Top of the brain which includes the thalamus - hypothalamus - and cerebral cortex; responsible for emotional regulation - complex thought - memory aspect of personality






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






23. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes






24. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






25. 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






26. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






27. Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts and irrational beliefs that cause the performance of compulsive rituals that interfere with daily life.






28. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






29. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






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






31. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






32. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






33. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






34. The suppression of one bit of information by another






35. 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






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






37. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma






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






39. The level of consciousness devoted to processes completely unavailable to conscious awareness (e.g. - fingernails growing)






40. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






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






42. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






43. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






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






45. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






46. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






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






48. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






49. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






50. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior