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AP Psychology

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1. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






2. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






3. The process of analyzing and interpreting events - other people - oneself - and the world in general.






4. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






5. A schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type.






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






7. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






8. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






9. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






10. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






11. The more accurate recall of items presented at the end of a series






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






13. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






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






15. A therapy that is based on the application of learning principles to human behavior and that focuses on changing overt behaviors rather than on understanding subjective feelings - unconscious processes - or motivations; also known as behavior modific






16. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






17. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






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






19. 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






20. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






21. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






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






23. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






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






25. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






26. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






27. Experience of the difference threshold






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






29. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






30. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






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






32. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






33. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






34. Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts and irrational beliefs that cause the performance of compulsive rituals that interfere with daily life.






35. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






36. An individual's genetic make-up






37. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






38. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






39. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






40. Located in left frontal lobe; controls production of speech

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41. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






42. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






43. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






44. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






45. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.






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






47. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






48. 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






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






50. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons