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AP Psychology

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1. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






2. 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






3. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






4. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






5. Endocrine gland that produces a large amount of hormones; it regulates growth and helps control other endocrine glands; located on underside of brain; sometimes called the 'master gland'






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






7. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






8. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






9. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






10. 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






11. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






12. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






13. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






14. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






15. The appearance of one overt symptom to replace another that has been eliminated by treatment.






16. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






17. 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






18. The sense of hearing






19. 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






20. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






21. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






22. Process of reconditioning in which a person is taught a new - more adaptive response to a familiar stimulus.






23. 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






24. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






25. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






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






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






28. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






29. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






30. 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.






31. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






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






33. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






34. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






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






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






37. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






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






39. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






40. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes






41. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






42. 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.






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






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






45. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






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






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






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






49. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






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