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






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






4. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






5. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






6. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






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






8. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






9. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






10. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






11. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






12. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.






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






14. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






15. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






16. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






17. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






18. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






19. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






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






21. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






22. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






23. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






24. 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.






25. An individual's genetic make-up






26. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






27. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






28. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






29. Does research on how people function best with machines






30. Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation - they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.






31. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






32. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






33. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






34. A person's sense of being male or female






35. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






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






37. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






38. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






39. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






40. People who can distinguish only two of the three basic colors.






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






42. Visual theory - proposed by Herring - that color is coded by stimulation of three types of paired receptors; each pair of receptors is assumed to operate in an antagonist way so that stimulation by a given wavelength produces excitation (increased fi






43. 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)






44. Suffering from a gross impairment in reality testing that interferes with the ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.






45. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'






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






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






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






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






50. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.