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AP Psychology

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1. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






2. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






3. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






4. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






5. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.






6. 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






7. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






8. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






9. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






10. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






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






12. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






13. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






14. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






15. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






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






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






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






19. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






20. 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






21. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






22. Applies psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and the quality of work life






23. Automatic behavior that occurs involuntarily in response to a stimulus and without prior learning and usually shows little variability from instance to instance






24. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






25. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






26. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






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






28. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






29. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






30. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






31. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






32. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






33. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






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






35. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






36. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






37. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






38. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






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






40. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






41. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






42. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






43. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






44. 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






45. 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.






46. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






47. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






48. A counterconditioning technique in which an aversive or noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus with the undesirable behavior.






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






50. 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