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AP Psychology

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






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






3. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






4. The expression of genes






5. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






6. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






7. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






8. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






9. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






10. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






11. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






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






13. Primary area for processing visual information






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






15. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think






16. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






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






18. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






19. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






20. The process of analyzing and interpreting events - other people - oneself - and the world in general.






21. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






22. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






23. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






24. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






25. Anything that causes a difference between the IV and the DV other than the independent variable






26. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






27. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






28. Positively reinforcing closer and closer approximation of a desired behavior to teach a new behavior






29. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






30. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






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






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






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






34. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






35. 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.






36. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






37. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






38. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






39. The measurement of public opinion through the use of sampling and questioning






40. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception






41. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






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






43. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.






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






45. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






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






47. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






48. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






49. The process by which the probability of an organism's emitting a response is reduced when reinforcement no longer follows the response






50. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences