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AP Psychology

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1. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






2. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






3. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






4. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






5. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






6. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






7. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






8. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






9. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






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






11. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






12. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






13. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






14. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






15. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






16. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






17. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






18. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






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






20. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






21. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






22. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






23. 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.






24. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






25. Anxiety disorder characterized by fear of - and desire to avoid - situations in which the person might be exposed to scrutiny by others and might behave in an embarrassing or humiliating way.






26. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






27. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






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






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






30. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






31. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






32. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






33. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






34. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






35. Morality based on consequences to self






36. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary






37. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






38. Helps athletes improve their focus - increase motivation - and deal with anxiety and fear of failure






39. 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.






40. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






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






42. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






43. Holds information for processing; fragile; also called short term memory or working memory






44. 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.






45. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






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






47. Learning; systematic desensitization






48. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






49. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences


50. 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.