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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. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






3. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






4. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






5. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






6. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






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






8. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






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






10. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






11. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






12. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses






13. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






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






15. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






16. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






17. Recurrence of an extinguished conditioned response - usually following a rest period






18. False beliefs that are inconsistent with reality but are held in spite of evidence that disproves them.






19. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






20. A state of being or feeling in which each person in a relationship is willing to self-disclose and to express important feelings and information to the other person.






21. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






22. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






23. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






24. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






25. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






26. 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.






27. The process by which the location of sound is determined






28. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






29. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data






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






31. Top of the brain which includes the thalamus - hypothalamus - and cerebral cortex; responsible for emotional regulation - complex thought - memory aspect of personality






32. The repetition of an experiment to test the validity of its conclusion






33. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions






34. Main area for hearing - understanding language (Wernicke's area) - understanding music; smell






35. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






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






37. The tendency of one person to evaluate another person (or a symbol or image of another person) in a positive way.






38. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






39. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






40. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






41. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.






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






43. Following a strong emotion - an opposing emotion counters the first emotion - lessening the experience of that emotion; on repeated occasions - the opposing emotion becomes stronger






44. 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






45. A drug that increases alertness - reduces fatigue - and elevates mood






46. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






47. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






48. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






49. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






50. 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