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AP Psychology

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1. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






2. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






3. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






4. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






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






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






7. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






8. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






9. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






10. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






11. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






12. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never






13. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






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






15. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






16. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi






17. The suppression of one bit of information by another






18. Negative evaluation of an entire group of people - typically based on unfavorable (and often wrong) stereotypes about groups.






19. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






20. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






21. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






22. A test score that has not been transformed or converted in any way






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






24. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






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






26. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






27. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






28. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






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

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30. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






31. 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






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






33. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






34. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






35. The process by which the location of sound is determined






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






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






38. Bundles of axons






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






40. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






41. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






42. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






43. 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






44. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






45. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






46. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






47. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






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






49. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes






50. Memory a person is not aware of possessing