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AP Psychology

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1. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






2. In Adler's theory - a feeling of openness with all humanity.






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






4. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






5. The suppression of one bit of information by another






6. 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






7. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






8. The more accurate recall of items presented at the end of a series






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






10. One of the descriptive methods of research; it requires construction of a set of questions to administer to a group of participants






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






12. Preset natural body weight - determined by the number of fat cells in the body






13. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






14. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






15. 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)






16. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






17. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins






18. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






19. Activation of the central nervous system - the autonomic nervous system - and the muscles and glands






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






21. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






22. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






23. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






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






25. Primary motor cortex; areas of the three boat cortex for response messages from the brain to the muscles and glands






26. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






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






28. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






29. 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.






30. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






31. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






32. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






33. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






34. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher






35. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






36. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






37. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.






38. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






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






40. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






41. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






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






43. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth






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






45. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






46. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






47. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






48. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception






49. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






50. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits