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AP Psychology

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1. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






2. In an experiment - the group of participants to whom a treatment is given






3. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






4. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






5. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






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






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






8. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






9. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






10. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






11. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






12. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data






13. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






14. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






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






16. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation






17. Suffering from a gross impairment in reality testing that interferes with the ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.






18. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






19. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






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






21. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






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






23. 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.






24. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






25. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






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






27. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






28. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






29. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






30. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






31. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






32. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






33. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






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






35. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






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






37. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






38. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins






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






40. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






41. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes






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






43. Inability to understand or use language






44. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands






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






46. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






47. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






48. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






49. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






50. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell







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