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AP Psychology

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1. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






2. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






3. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






4. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






13. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






14. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






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






16. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






17. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






18. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






19. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior






20. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






21. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






22. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception






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






24. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






25. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






26. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






27. Decreased responsiveness with repeated presentation of the same stimulus






28. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






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






30. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






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






32. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






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






34. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






35. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






36. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






37. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






38. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






39. The tendency for one characteristic of an individual to influence a tester's evaluation of other characteristics






40. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






41. 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'






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






43. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






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






45. A process through which people receive information about the status of a physical system and use this feedback information to learn to control the activity of that system






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






47. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






48. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






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






50. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance