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AP Psychology

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1. The extent to which scores differ from one another






2. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






3. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates






4. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






5. 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






6. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






7. The evaluation of the significance of a situation or event as it relates to a person's well-being






8. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






9. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






10. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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






12. 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.






13. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






14. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






15. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






16. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world






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






18. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






19. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






20. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






21. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






22. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






23. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






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






25. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






26. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






27. A three-stage counterconditioning procedure in which people are taught to relax when confronting stimuli that forming elicited anxiety.






28. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






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






30. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






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






32. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






33. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






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






35. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






36. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






37. Intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly correlated - concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled 'g' (general ability)






38. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






39. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






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






41. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries






42. 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






43. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






44. Did work on short-term memory






45. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.






46. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






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






48. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






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






50. Learning; systematic desensitization