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AP Psychology

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1. The expression of genes






2. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






3. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






4. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






5. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success






6. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






7. 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






8. Three age individual IQ tests: WPPSI (children) - WISC (children) - WAIS (adults)






9. 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)






10. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses






11. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






12. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






13. 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






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






15. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






16. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.






17. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






18. The brain and spinal cord






19. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






20. Therapies that use approaches or techniques derived from Freud - but that reject or modify some elements of Freud's theory.






21. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






22. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






23. 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






24. 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






25. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron






26. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






27. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






28. Positively reinforcing closer and closer approximation of a desired behavior to teach a new behavior






29. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






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






31. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






32. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






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






34. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






35. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






36. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






37. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






38. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






39. Helps athletes improve their focus - increase motivation - and deal with anxiety and fear of failure






40. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






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






42. An internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need






43. Moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely diffe






44. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'






45. The extent to which people are flexible and respond adaptively to external or internal demands






46. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






47. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






48. Personality theorist; asserted that personality is largely determined by genes - used introversion/extroversion






49. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






50. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results