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AP Psychology

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1. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






2. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






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

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4. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






5. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






6. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






7. Organ lying between the stomach and small intestine; regulates blood sugar by secreting to regulating hormones insulin and glucagon






8. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






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






10. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






11. The sense of hearing






12. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






13. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






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






15. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






16. Does research on how people function best with machines






17. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






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






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






20. Eating disorder characterized by pattern 9of eating binges followed by purging (e.g. - vomiting - laxatives - exercise)






21. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






22. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






23. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






24. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






25. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






26. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






27. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






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






29. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






30. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






31. The repetition of an experiment to test the validity of its conclusion






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






33. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil






34. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






35. Learning; systematic desensitization






36. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






37. 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






38. A person's sense of being male or female






39. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






40. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






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






42. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.






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






44. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.






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






46. 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'






47. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






48. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






49. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






50. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age