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AP Psychology

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






2. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






3. Feelings of rivalry with the parent of the same sex and sexual desire for the parent of the other sex - occurring during the phallic stage and ultimately resolved through identification with the parent of the same sex.






4. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






5. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






6. Biologist; developed theory of evolution; transmutation of species - natural selection - evolution by common descent; 'The Origin of Species' catalogs his voyage on The Beagle






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






8. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






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






10. Inability to understand or use language






11. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






12. Perspective developed by freud - which assumes that psychological problems are the result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces of which a person might be unaware






13. The view that knowledge should be acquired through observation and often an experiment






14. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






15. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






16. Holds information for processing; fragile; also called short term memory or working memory






17. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






18. Sets of strategies - rather than strict rules - that act as guidelines for discovery-oriented problem solving.






19. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






20. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






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






22. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






23. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






24. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






25. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






26. 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






27. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






28. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






29. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






30. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






31. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






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






33. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






34. A person's experiences in the environment






35. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






36. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






37. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.






38. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






39. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






40. Therapies that use approaches or techniques derived from Freud - but that reject or modify some elements of Freud's theory.






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






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






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






44. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






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






46. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






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






48. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






49. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






50. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory