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AP Psychology

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1. Inability to understand or use language






2. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1






3. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






4. Perception; identified just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law






5. 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






6. 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.






7. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






8. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






9. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






10. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






11. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






12. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






13. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






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






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






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






17. 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






18. The law that the neuron either fires at 100% or not at all






19. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






20. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






21. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi






22. The process of growth and the realization of individual potential; in the humanistic view - a final level of psychological development in which a person attempts to minimize ill health - be fully functioning - have a superior perception of reality -






23. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






24. Emotional intelligence






25. Loss of memory of events and experiences that preceded an amnesia-causing event






26. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






27. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






28. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






29. Ethology (animal behavior); studied imprinting and critical periods in geese






30. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






31. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






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






33. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






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






35. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






36. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






37. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






38. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






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






40. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






41. Primary motor cortex; areas of the three boat cortex for response messages from the brain to the muscles and glands






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






43. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






44. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






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






46. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






47. The light-sensitive cells in the retina- the rods and cones.






48. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






49. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






50. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.