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AP Psychology

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1. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






2. 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)






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






4. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






5. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






6. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






7. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






8. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






9. 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






10. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






11. Statistical procedure designed to discover the independent elements (factors) in any set of data






12. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






13. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






14. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






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






16. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






17. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






18. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






19. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






20. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






21. 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.






22. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






23. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






24. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






25. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






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






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






28. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






29. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






30. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






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






32. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






33. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






34. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






35. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






36. A schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type.






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






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






39. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






40. The biologically based categories of male and female






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






42. Child psychoanalysis; emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






43. 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'






44. 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






45. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






46. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






47. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






48. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






49. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






50. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ