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AP Psychology

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1. 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






2. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles






3. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






4. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






5. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






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






7. First menstrual period






8. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






9. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






10. Freud's level of mental life that consists of mental activities beyond people's normal awareness.






11. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






12. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth






13. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






14. A process through which people receive information about the status of a physical system and use this feedback information to learn to control the activity of that system






15. Differential psychology AKA 'London School' of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics - maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; compared identical & fraternal twins - hereditary differe






16. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






17. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






18. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






19. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






20. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






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






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






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






24. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






25. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






26. The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment - exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control






27. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






28. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






29. Depth cues that are based on one eye






30. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






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






32. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation






33. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






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






35. 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






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






37. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






38. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






39. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






40. 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






41. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






42. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically






43. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






44. Twins from a single fertilized egg (zygote) with the same genetic makeup; also called monozygotic (MZ) twins






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






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






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






48. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






49. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






50. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries







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