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AP Psychology

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1. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






2. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






3. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






4. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






5. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






6. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






7. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






8. Primary area for processing visual information






9. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






10. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






11. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences






12. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory






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






14. The study of how language is acquired - perceived - understood - and produced.






15. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






16. Negative evaluation of an entire group of people - typically based on unfavorable (and often wrong) stereotypes about groups.






17. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






18. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






19. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






20. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






21. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






22. A tentative statement or idea expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables that is to be evaluated in a research study






23. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data






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






25. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






26. The level of consciousness devoted to processes completely unavailable to conscious awareness (e.g. - fingernails growing)






27. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






28. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






29. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






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






31. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






32. Cognition; studied rats and discovered the 'cognitive map' in rats and humans






33. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






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






35. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






36. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






37. Motivation; believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach - was the sole basis for hunger; did research that inserted balloons in stomachs






38. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






39. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






40. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






41. The expression of genes






42. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature






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






44. 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.






45. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






46. Applies psychological concepts to legal issues






47. Sharpness of vision






48. Brain surgery used in the past to alleviate symptoms of serious mental disorders.






49. A counterconditioning technique in which an aversive or noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus with the undesirable behavior.






50. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence