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1. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






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






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






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






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






6. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






7. Theory suggesting that there are two routes to attitude change: the central route - which focuses on thoughtful consideration of an argument for change - and the peripheral route - which focuses on less careful - more emotional - and even superficial






8. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






9. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






10. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






11. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






12. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






13. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






14. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






20. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1






21. 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






22. Moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely diffe






23. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






24. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.






25. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






26. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






27. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






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






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






30. Anxiety disorder characterized by fear of - and desire to avoid - situations in which the person might be exposed to scrutiny by others and might behave in an embarrassing or humiliating way.






31. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






32. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






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






34. The study of how language is acquired - perceived - understood - and produced.






35. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






36. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.






37. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






38. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal






39. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






40. Netlike system of neurons that weaves through limbic system and plays an important role in attention - arousal - and alert functions; arouses and alerts higher parts of the brain; anesthetics work by temporary shutting off RF system






41. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






42. First menstrual period






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






44. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






45. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives






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






47. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






48. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






49. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






50. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language







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