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AP Psychology

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1. The suppression of one bit of information by another






2. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






3. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






4. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






5. Emotional intelligence






6. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






7. 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.






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






9. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






10. 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






11. A three-stage counterconditioning procedure in which people are taught to relax when confronting stimuli that forming elicited anxiety.






12. 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.






13. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






14. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






15. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






16. Transparent covering of the eye






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






18. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






19. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






20. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






21. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil






22. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






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






24. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






25. The brain and spinal cord






26. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes






27. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






28. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






29. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






30. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






31. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






32. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






33. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






34. 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.






35. Suffering from a gross impairment in reality testing that interferes with the ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.






36. 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.






37. Constructed by Lewis Terman - originally used ratio IQ (MA/CA x 100); now based on deviation from mean






38. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






39. 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?'






40. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






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






42. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






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






44. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






45. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






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






47. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






48. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






49. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






50. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility