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1. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear
twin studies
Little Albert
preconventional level of moral development
Wolpe
2. Memory a person is not aware of possessing
Reliability
implicit memory
autonomic nervous system
Dissociative disorders
3. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically
moral development
Major depressive disorder
psychoanalyst
parathormone
4. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves
Descriptive Studies
Gender Schema Theory
Deindividuation
insulin
5. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation
Visual cortex
semantic memory
naturalistic observation
Zajonc & Markus
6. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.
strain studies
gene
psychiatrist
Preconscious
7. Primary area for processing visual information
synaptic vesicles
René Descartes
occipital lobes
terminal buttons (axon terminals)
8. Occurs when recall is better for a distinctive item - even if it occurs in the middle of a list
Von Restorff effect
Family therapy
Mary Cover-Jones
Vasocongestion
9. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors
Assimilation
confounding variable
Carl Jung
Language
10. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits
Repression
Negative Reinforcement
Harry Stack Sullivan
positron emission tomography (PET scan)
11. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions
Stanley Milgram
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Cognitive Dissonance
Personality
12. A test designed to predict a person's future performance
Dichromats
Group therapy
Critical Period
aptitude test
13. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Prototype
Agoraphobia
peripheral nervous system
14. Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts and irrational beliefs that cause the performance of compulsive rituals that interfere with daily life.
nurture
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
hypnosis
Dementia
15. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.
vestibular sense
sensory adaptation
Archetypes
Receptive fields
16. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data
Psychoactive Drug
sensory memory
psychometrician
engineering psychologist
17. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.
cognitive psychology
Panic Attack
efferent neuron nerve
Cross-sectional study
18. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.
Daniel Goleman
René Descartes
Grammar
informed consent
19. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.
Solomon Asch
William Dement
long-term memory
Babinski reflex
20. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic
Libido
Heritability
Howard Gardner
cognitive psychology
21. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior
Theory of mind
Cognitive Psychology
Moro reflex
prenatal development
22. A person's experiences in the environment
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep
nurture
Personal Fable
Variable-interval Schedule
23. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives
Approach-approach conflict
implicit memory
introspection
Need
24. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream
Broca's area
autonomic nervous system
Manifest Content
memory span
25. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment
Intelligence
Hans Eysenck
long-term potentiation
Extinction (operant conditioning)
26. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin
reticular formation (RF) (RES)
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
Free association
Perception
27. Pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests - designed a test to identify slow learners in need of help-not applicable in the U.S. because it was too culture-bound (French)
forebrain
Hallucinogens (AKA psychedelic drugs)
Alfred Binet
Approach-approach conflict
28. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects
Approach-avoidance conflict
Sucking reflex
Problem Solving
Double bind
29. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites
reticular formation (RF) (RES)
synapse
bottom-up processing
control group
30. Pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) - focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions
Preconscious
pupil
Albert Ellis
Psychotic
31. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal
Object permanence
vestibular sense
interference
Paul Ekman
32. Supportive cells of nervous system that guide growth of new neurons; forms myelin sheath; holds neuron in place; provides nourishment and removes waste
procedural memory
glial cells
Major depressive disorder
Phonology
33. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth
Social Facilitation
Time-out
Fetus
Ernst Weber
34. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works
developmental psychologist
functionalism
Model
Unconditioned Response
35. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.
Reflex
Gibson & Walk
Prevalence
terminal buttons (axon terminals)
36. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image
survey research
anorexia nervosa
Reliability
dependent variable
37. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks
evolutionary psychology
Self-efficacy
procedural memory
thyroxine
38. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population
frontal lobes
endorphins
Heritability
Secondary Sex Characteristics
39. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.
Subliminal perception
monocular cues
Aaron Beck
computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
40. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Secondary Sex Characteristics
episodic memory
Regression
41. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior
Emotion
developmental psychologist
Abnormal Behavior
self-fulfilling prophecy
42. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness
Karl Wernicke
Transduction
unconscious
hypnosis
43. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings
Ivan Pavlov
retrograde amnesia
Decentration
psychologist
44. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure
endorphins
Law of Effect
Vulnerability
Survey
45. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.
Algorithm
René Descartes
sociocultural psychology
Consciousness
46. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands
Trichromatic theory
axon
Edward Thorndike
Self-actualization
47. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.
William James
forensic psychologist
Transduction
Charles Spearman
48. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways
survey research
receptor site
Fulfillment
conventional level of moral development
49. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation
Transference
Health psychology
neuroscience
anterograde amnesia
50. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.
Receptive fields
kinesthesis
Concept
Visual cortex
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