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AP Psychology

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1. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






2. Located in left frontal lobe; controls production of speech

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3. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






4. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






5. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






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






7. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates






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






9. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






10. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






11. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






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






13. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






14. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






15. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






16. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






17. Sharpness of vision






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






19. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






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






21. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success






22. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






23. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes






24. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






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






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






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






28. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically






29. 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






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






31. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






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






33. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






34. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






35. 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






36. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






37. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






38. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world






39. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






40. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






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






42. Brain surgery used in the past to alleviate symptoms of serious mental disorders.






43. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.






44. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






45. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






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






47. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






48. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes






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






50. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.







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