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AP Psychology

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1. 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






2. The human need to fulfill one's potential






3. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






4. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






5. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






6. Process by which a person takes some action to manage - master - tolerate - or reduce environmental or internal demands that cause or might cause stress and that tax the individual's inner resources






7. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






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






9. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






10. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






11. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






12. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






13. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






14. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






15. Primary area for processing visual information






16. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






17. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






18. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






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






20. The brain and spinal cord






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






22. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






23. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






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






25. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






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






27. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






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






29. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






30. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






31. A condition or characteristic of a situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or across situations or individuals






32. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






33. A person's experiences in the environment






34. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






35. 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






36. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






37. 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.






38. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation






39. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






40. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.






41. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia


42. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






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






44. Perception; identified just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law






45. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






46. 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






47. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






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






49. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






50. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort