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AP Psychology

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1. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






2. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'






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






4. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






5. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






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






7. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






8. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






9. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






10. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






11. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






12. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






13. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






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






15. 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






16. The statistically determined minimum level of stimulation necessary to excite a perceptual system.






17. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






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






19. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






20. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






21. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






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






23. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






24. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






25. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






26. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






27. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






28. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






29. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






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






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






32. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






33. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






34. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






35. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






36. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






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






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






39. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






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






41. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






42. People who can distinguish only two of the three basic colors.






43. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






44. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






45. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






46. Behaviors that benefit other people and for which there is no discernable extrinsic reward - recognition - or appreciation.






47. Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation - they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.






48. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






49. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste






50. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.