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AP Psychology

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1. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






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






3. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






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






5. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






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






7. The light-sensitive cells in the retina- the rods and cones.






8. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






9. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






10. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






11. 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






12. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






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






14. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






15. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






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






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






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






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






20. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






21. Visual theory - proposed by Herring - that color is coded by stimulation of three types of paired receptors; each pair of receptors is assumed to operate in an antagonist way so that stimulation by a given wavelength produces excitation (increased fi






22. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






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






24. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






25. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place






26. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






27. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






28. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






29. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles






30. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






31. 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.






32. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






33. 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.






34. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






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. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






37. The sense of hearing






38. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






39. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






40. Sharpness of vision






41. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






42. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






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






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






45. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






46. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






47. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus






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






49. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






50. Perception below the threshold of awareness.







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