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AP Psychology

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1. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






2. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






3. Does research on how people function best with machines






4. Depth cues that are based on one eye






5. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






6. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes






7. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






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






9. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






10. Organ lying between the stomach and small intestine; regulates blood sugar by secreting to regulating hormones insulin and glucagon






11. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






12. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






13. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






14. The human need to fulfill one's potential






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






16. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth






17. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






18. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






19. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






20. Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development (beginning at about age 12) - during which the individual can think hypothetically - can consider future possibilites - and can use deductive logic






21. The creation or re-creation of a mental picture of a sensory or perceptual experience






22. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






23. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






24. The analysis of the meaning of language - especially of individual words.






25. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






26. 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






27. In an experiment - the group of participants to whom a treatment is given






28. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.






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






30. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






31. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'






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






33. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






34. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






35. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






36. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






37. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






38. Dissociative disorder characterized by the existence within an individual of two or more distinct personalities - each of which is dominant at different times and directs the individual's behavior at those times; commonly known as multiple personalit






39. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






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






41. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






42. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






43. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically






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






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






46. The way words and groups of words combine to form phrases - clauses - and sentences.






47. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






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






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






50. 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.