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AP Psychology

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1. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






2. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






3. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






4. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






5. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






6. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






7. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






8. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






9. Positively reinforcing closer and closer approximation of a desired behavior to teach a new behavior






10. The more accurate recall of items presented at the end of a series






11. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






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






13. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






14. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






15. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






16. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.






17. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






18. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






19. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






20. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






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






22. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






23. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






24. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






25. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






26. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






27. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






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






29. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






30. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






31. Ethology (animal behavior); studied imprinting and critical periods in geese






32. 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






33. 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 -






34. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






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. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






37. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






38. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






39. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






40. Did work on short-term memory






41. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






42. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






43. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






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






45. Memory for specific information






46. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






47. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






48. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






49. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






50. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






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