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AP Psychology

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1. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands






2. Decreased responsiveness with repeated presentation of the same stimulus






3. 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.






4. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






5. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






6. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






7. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






8. 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






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






10. Depressive disorder characterized by loss of interest in almost all of life's usual activities; a sad - hopeless - or discourage mood - sleep disturbance; loss of appetite; loss of energy; and feelings of unworthiness and guilt.






11. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






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






13. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






14. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






15. 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






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






17. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






18. 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






19. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






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






21. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory






22. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






23. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






24. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






25. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






26. Sense of smell






27. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






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






29. Area on retina with no receptor cells (where optic nerve leaves the eye)






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






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






32. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






33. A lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques - including free association - dream analysis - and transference.






34. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






35. 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.






36. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






37. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






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






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






40. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






41. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






42. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






43. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






44. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






45. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






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






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






48. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension






49. 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.






50. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.