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AP Psychology

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






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






3. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






4. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






5. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






6. Primary motor cortex; areas of the three boat cortex for response messages from the brain to the muscles and glands






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






8. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






9. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






10. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






11. 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






12. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






13. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






14. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






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






16. 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






17. The creation or re-creation of a mental picture of a sensory or perceptual experience






18. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






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






20. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






21. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature






22. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






23. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






24. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






25. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






26. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






27. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






28. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






29. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






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






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






32. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






33. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands






34. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






35. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






36. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






37. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






38. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins






39. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






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






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






42. Sharpness of vision






43. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






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






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






46. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






47. Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts and irrational beliefs that cause the performance of compulsive rituals that interfere with daily life.






48. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






49. Removal of a stimulus after a particular response to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






50. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer