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AP Psychology

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






2. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






3. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






4. 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






5. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






6. Brain surgery used in the past to alleviate symptoms of serious mental disorders.






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






8. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






9. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






10. 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.






11. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






12. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






13. A need or want that causes someone to act






14. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






15. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






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






17. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






18. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






19. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






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






21. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






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






23. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






24. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






25. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism






26. Memory for specific information






27. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






28. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation






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






30. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






31. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






32. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






33. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






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






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






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






37. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






38. 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






39. The process of growth and the realization of individual potential; in the humanistic view - a final level of psychological development in which a person attempts to minimize ill health - be fully functioning - have a superior perception of reality -






40. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






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






42. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






43. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






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






45. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






46. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






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






48. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






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






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







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