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AP Psychology

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1. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






2. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes






3. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






4. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






5. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






6. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






7. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






8. The use of a variety of techniques including concentration - restriction of incoming stimuli - and deep relaxation to produce a state of consciousness characterized by a sense of detachment.






9. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






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






11. Social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication - self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students






12. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






13. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






14. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






15. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






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






17. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






18. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






19. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






20. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






21. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






22. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






23. 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.






24. 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






25. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






26. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






27. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






33. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






34. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






35. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






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






37. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






38. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






39. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






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






41. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






42. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






43. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






44. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






45. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






46. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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47. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






48. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.






49. The process by which the location of sound is determined






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