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AP Psychology
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1. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits
transfer appropriate processing
gene
Theory of mind
population
2. Tiny oval-shaped sacs in a terminal of one neuron; assist in transferring mineral impulse from one neuron to another neuron by releasing specific neurotransmitters
Karl Wernicke
emotional intelligence
top-down processing
synaptic vesicles
3. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging
sensory adaptation
Stanley Schachter
Plateau phase
Superstitious Behavior
4. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.
Unconditioned Response
Deindividuation
Social Interest
Discrimination
5. A need or want that causes someone to act
pitch
Cognitive Dissonance
motive
Prevalence
6. 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.
Higher-order Conditioning
Systematic desensitization
Experimental design
Anal Stage
7. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data
Representative sample
Elaboration Likelihood Model
case study
descriptive statistics
8. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.
Stress
Bipolar disorder
Rational-emotive therapy
Benjamin Whorf
9. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal
Latency Stage
Schachter-Singer theory of emotion
epinephrine
Paul Ekman
10. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities
spinal cord
Developmental Psychology
Kurt Lewin
Extinction (operant conditioning)
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
Mainstreaming
Sucking reflex
Hobson & McCarley
behaviorism
12. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior
Abnormal Behavior
chromosome
conventional level of moral development
clinical psychologist
13. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.
Psychotherapy
Social Need
ions
ex post facto study
14. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.
Latent Learning
Social Loafing
Extrinsic motivation
Learning
15. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes
retrieval
Consciousness
elaborative rehearsal
Temperament
16. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine
thyroid gland
Abraham Maslow
blind spot
Higher-order Conditioning
17. Establish the relationship between two variables
motor projection areas
correlational research
Fulfillment
Francis Galton
18. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.
Discrimination
Heritability
Repression
Anorexia Nervosa
19. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform
timbre
Developmental Psychology
Monochromats
thalamus
20. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
sympathetic nervous system
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Delusions
Sex
21. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood
Puberty
Bystander Effect
Signal Detection Theory
Absolute threshold
22. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond
Phoneme
Libido
demand characteristics
Non-rapid Eye Movement Sleep
23. Automatic behavior that occurs involuntarily in response to a stimulus and without prior learning and usually shows little variability from instance to instance
Egocentrism
population
Type A behavior
Reflex
24. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher
Model
Elizabeth Loftus
Martin Seligman
Secondary Punisher
25. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons
William Dement
Health psychology
Receptive fields
B.F. Skinner
26. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state
relative refractory period
axon terminal
representative sample
Learning
27. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success
John B Watson
Child abuse
Need for achievement
Phineas Gage
28. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.
Unconditioned Response
counseling psychologist
Time-out
Hue
29. The expression of genes
phenotype
replication
insulin
Personality disorders
30. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information
health psychologist
memory
Ex Post Facto Design
Social Cognition
31. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.
frontal lobes
top-down processing
Creativity
Sucking reflex
32. 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
Moro reflex
Consciousness
timbre
pituitary gland
33. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits
polygenic inheritance
emotional intelligence
Puberty
Walter B. Cannon
34. Holds information for processing; fragile; also called short term memory or working memory
somatic nervous system
antagonist
Psychotic
short-term storage
35. Retrieval cues that match original information work better
Bulimia Nervosa
encoding specificity principle
Sex
Primary Punisher
36. Experience of the difference threshold
Rationalization
just noticeable difference (JND)
Kurt Lewin
Elizabeth Loftus
37. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.
ethnocentrism
Humanistic theory
Psychophysics
Substance Abuser
38. 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.
Self
split brain patients
Secondary Sex Characteristics
frequency
39. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.
corpus callosum
Judith Langlois
educational psychologist
Defense Mechanism
40. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings
psychologist
declarative memory
mutation
Size constancy
41. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories
dopamine
Mary Ainsworth
psychoanalyst
hippocampus
42. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.
Libido
Superego
hypnosis
Social Need
43. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages
dopamine
sound localization
Deviation IQ
case study
44. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes
Self-actualization
psychobiology
theory
Moro reflex
45. 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.
Sociobiology
Non-rapid Eye Movement Sleep
Dichromats
Free association
46. A specific (usually internal) condition - usually involving some form of arousal - which directs an organism's behavior toward a goal.
Negative Reinforcement
neurotransmitters
Motive
Optic chiasm
47. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves
Self-actualization
Projection
Bulimia Nervosa
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
48. Emotion; stated that in order to experience emotions - a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it
human genomes
Stanley Schachter
variable
Sex
49. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.
naturalistic observation
introspection
(cerebral) cortex
Denial
50. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.
binocular cues
Superstitious Behavior
Conflict
Prosocial Behavior