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1. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






2. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.






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






4. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






5. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






6. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






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






8. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






9. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






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






11. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






12. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






13. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






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






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. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






17. The process by which the probability of an organism's emitting a response is reduced when reinforcement no longer follows the response






18. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






19. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






20. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






21. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






22. Experience of the difference threshold






23. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success






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






25. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






26. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






27. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






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






29. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp






30. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






31. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






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






33. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






34. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






35. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






36. Period of development from conception until birth






37. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions






38. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






39. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






40. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






41. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






42. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






43. 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.






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






45. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






46. The sense of hearing






47. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






48. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences






49. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






50. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness







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