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AP Psychology

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1. Part of the brain that coordinates balance - movement - reflexes






2. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






3. 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.






4. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






5. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior






6. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






7. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






8. A bell-shaped graphic representation of data showing what percentage of the population falls under each part of the curve






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






10. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






11. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






12. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






13. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






14. In Adler's theory - a feeling of openness with all humanity.






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






16. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






17. Netlike system of neurons that weaves through limbic system and plays an important role in attention - arousal - and alert functions; arouses and alerts higher parts of the brain; anesthetics work by temporary shutting off RF system






18. 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?'






19. Impairment of mental functioning and global cognitive abilities in otherwise alert individuals - causing memory loss and related symptoms and typically having a progressive nature






20. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters






21. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






22. The small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.






23. 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






24. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






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






26. 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






27. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






28. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






29. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






30. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






31. The highness or lowness of a sound






32. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






33. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






34. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






35. The agreement of participants to take part in an experiment and their acknowledgement that they understand the nature of their participation in the research - and have been fully informed about the general nature of the research - its goals - and met






36. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






37. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






38. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






39. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






40. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






41. Emotion; stated that in order to experience emotions - a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it






42. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.






43. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






44. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






45. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






46. The genetically determined physical features that differentiate the sexes but are not directly involved with reproduction






47. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






48. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






49. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






50. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates