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AP Psychology

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1. Personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated.






2. 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.






3. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






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






5. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






6. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






7. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






8. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






9. Perception; identified just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law






10. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






11. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






12. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






13. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron






14. Anxiety disorders characterized by excessive and irrational fear of - and consequent attempted avoidance of - specific objects or situations.






15. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream






16. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






17. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






18. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves






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






20. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals






21. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






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






23. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.






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






25. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






26. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






27. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






28. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






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






30. Personality assessment; created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan - stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances






31. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






32. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






33. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






34. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






35. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






36. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






37. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






38. 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






39. Organ lying between the stomach and small intestine; regulates blood sugar by secreting to regulating hormones insulin and glucagon






40. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






41. Perspective that focuses on the mental processes involved in perception - learning - memory - and thinking






42. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






43. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






44. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






45. 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






46. Chemical that mimics or facilitates the actions of a neurotransmitter






47. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






48. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






49. General category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness - despair - and loss of interest in life's usual activities.






50. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions