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AP Psychology

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1. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






2. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






3. 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






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






5. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






6. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






7. One of the descriptive methods of research; it requires construction of a set of questions to administer to a group of participants






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






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






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






11. An environmental stimulus that affects an organism in physically or psychologically injurious ways - usually producing anxiety - tension - and physiological arousal






12. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






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






14. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






15. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






16. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






17. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






18. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






19. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






20. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






21. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






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






23. Experience of the difference threshold






24. Netlike system of neurons that weaves through limbic system and plays an important role in attention - arousal - and alert functions; arouses and alerts higher parts of the brain; anesthetics work by temporary shutting off RF system






25. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






26. First menstrual period






27. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






28. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






29. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






30. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






31. In Adler's theory - a feeling of openness with all humanity.






32. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think






33. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






34. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






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






36. Perspective that focuses on the mental processes involved in perception - learning - memory - and thinking






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






38. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






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






40. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






41. 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






42. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






43. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






44. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






45. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






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






47. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






48. A test score that has not been transformed or converted in any way






49. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






50. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.