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AP Psychology

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1. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






2. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters






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






4. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






5. Transparent covering of the eye






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






7. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






8. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'






9. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






10. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






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






12. Primary area for processing visual information






13. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






14. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






15. 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.






16. 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






17. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






18. Child psychoanalysis; emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






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






20. 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.






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






22. Sense of smell






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






24. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






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






26. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






27. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






28. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






29. 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).






30. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






31. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






32. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






33. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






34. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






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






36. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory






37. 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






38. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






39. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






40. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior






41. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






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






43. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






44. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






45. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never






46. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






47. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






48. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






49. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






50. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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