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AP Psychology

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1. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






8. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






9. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






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






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






12. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






13. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






14. Reflex that causes a newborn to turn the head toward a light touch on lips or cheek






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






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






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






18. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






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






20. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






21. Small area of retina where image is focused






22. Anxiety disorders characterized by excessive and irrational fear of - and consequent attempted avoidance of - specific objects or situations.






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






24. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place






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






26. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior






27. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






28. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






29. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






30. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






31. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant






32. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






33. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






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






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






36. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






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






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






39. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






40. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






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






42. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






43. 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






44. 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.






45. The biologically based categories of male and female






46. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






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






48. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






49. An observable action






50. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries