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AP Psychology

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1. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






2. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






3. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






4. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






5. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






6. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






7. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






8. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






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






10. Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or violent motor activity or by stupor.






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






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






13. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






14. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






15. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






16. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






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






18. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus






19. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






20. Operant training system that uses secondary reinforcers (tokens) to increase appropriate behavior; learners can exchange tokens for desired rewards






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






22. 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.






23. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






24. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






25. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






26. Area on retina with no receptor cells (where optic nerve leaves the eye)






27. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






28. Does research on how people function best with machines






29. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






30. 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.






31. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






32. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






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






34. Sense of smell






35. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






36. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






37. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






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






39. 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






40. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






41. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






42. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






43. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






44. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






45. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






46. The light-sensitive cells in the retina- the rods and cones.






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






48. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






49. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






50. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves