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AP Psychology

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1. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






2. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






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






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






5. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






6. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






7. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences






8. The process of analyzing and interpreting events - other people - oneself - and the world in general.






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






10. Structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection - basic units of experience






11. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






12. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






13. Perspective that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the idea that humans have free will






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






15. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






16. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






17. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






18. 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






19. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






20. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






21. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






22. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.






23. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.






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






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

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






27. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






28. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






29. Loss of memory of events and experiences that preceded an amnesia-causing event






30. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






31. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think






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






33. 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






34. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






35. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






36. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






37. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






38. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






39. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






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






41. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






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






43. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.






44. Establish the relationship between two variables






45. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






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






47. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






48. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






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






50. Primary area for processing visual information