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AP Psychology

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1. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






2. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






3. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






4. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






5. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






6. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






7. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






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






9. 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






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






11. 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.






12. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






13. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






14. Social psychology; research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; doll experiments-black children chose white dolls






15. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






16. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






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






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






19. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






20. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






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






22. A bell-shaped graphic representation of data showing what percentage of the population falls under each part of the curve






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






24. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






25. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






26. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






27. 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)






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






29. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






30. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






31. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






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






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






34. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






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






36. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






37. A group of psychological disorders characterized by a lack of reality testing and by deterioration of social and intellectual functioning and personality beginning before age 45 and lasting at least 6 months






38. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






39. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






40. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.






41. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






42. The biologically based categories of male and female






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






44. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






45. Maintenance of a constant state of inner stability or balance






46. Top of the spinal column






47. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions






48. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






49. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.






50. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)