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AP Psychology

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






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






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






4. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






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






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






7. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






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






9. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






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






11. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






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






13. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






14. An individual's genetic make-up






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






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






17. Sense of taste






18. Small area of retina where image is focused






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






20. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in






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






22. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






23. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






24. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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25. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






26. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






27. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.






28. 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






29. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






30. 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






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






32. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






33. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






34. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






35. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






36. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






37. 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






38. Endocrine gland that produces a large amount of hormones; it regulates growth and helps control other endocrine glands; located on underside of brain; sometimes called the 'master gland'






39. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






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






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






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






43. Pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests - designed a test to identify slow learners in need of help-not applicable in the U.S. because it was too culture-bound (French)






44. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






45. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






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






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






48. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






49. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






50. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words