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AP Psychology

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






2. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






3. Transparent covering of the eye






4. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






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






6. The sense of hearing






7. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






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






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






10. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






11. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






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






13. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






14. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories






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






16. 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






17. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






18. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






19. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






20. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






21. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






22. 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






23. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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24. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world






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






26. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






27. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






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






29. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






30. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






31. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






32. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






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






34. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






35. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






36. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






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






38. Learning; systematic desensitization






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






44. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






45. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






46. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






47. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






48. Occurs when recall is better for a distinctive item - even if it occurs in the middle of a list






49. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






50. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals







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