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AP Psychology

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1. A need or want that causes someone to act






2. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






3. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions






4. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






5. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






6. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






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






8. 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






9. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






10. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






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






12. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






13. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






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






15. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






16. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






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






18. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






19. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






20. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






21. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






22. Tiny oval-shaped sacs in a terminal of one neuron; assist in transferring mineral impulse from one neuron to another neuron by releasing specific neurotransmitters






23. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






24. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






25. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher






26. Commonly occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent behavior






27. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






28. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






29. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes






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






31. Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development (beginning at about age 12) - during which the individual can think hypothetically - can consider future possibilites - and can use deductive logic






32. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






33. Perspective that focuses on the mental processes involved in perception - learning - memory - and thinking






34. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






35. One of the descriptive methods of research; it requires construction of a set of questions to administer to a group of participants






36. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






37. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






38. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






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






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






41. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






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






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






44. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






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






46. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






47. Establish the relationship between two variables






48. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






49. Sense of taste






50. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






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