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AP Psychology

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1. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






2. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






3. Any event that increases the probability of a recurrence of the response that preceded it






4. Automatic behavior that occurs involuntarily in response to a stimulus and without prior learning and usually shows little variability from instance to instance






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






6. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






7. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






8. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes






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






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






11. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






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






13. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






14. People's tendency to ascribe their positive behaviors to their own internal traits - but their failures and shortcomings to external - situational factors.






15. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






16. Emotional intelligence






17. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






18. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






19. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






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






21. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






22. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






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






24. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






25. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






26. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






27. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals






28. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






29. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






30. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






31. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






32. 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.






33. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






34. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






35. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






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






37. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






38. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






39. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






40. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






41. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






42. 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.






43. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






44. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






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






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






47. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






48. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






49. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






50. 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