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AP Psychology

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1. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






2. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






3. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






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






5. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






6. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






7. Top of the spinal column






8. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






9. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






10. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






11. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






12. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






13. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






14. Biologist; developed theory of evolution; transmutation of species - natural selection - evolution by common descent; 'The Origin of Species' catalogs his voyage on The Beagle






15. False beliefs that are inconsistent with reality but are held in spite of evidence that disproves them.






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






17. 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






18. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






19. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






20. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






21. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






22. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






23. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






24. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






25. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






26. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






27. The statistically determined minimum level of stimulation necessary to excite a perceptual system.






28. Sense of smell






29. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






30. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






31. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






32. 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






33. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






34. 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.






35. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






36. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






37. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






38. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






39. 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






40. 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






41. Statistical procedure designed to discover the independent elements (factors) in any set of data






42. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






43. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives






44. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






45. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






46. 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.






47. Top of the brain which includes the thalamus - hypothalamus - and cerebral cortex; responsible for emotional regulation - complex thought - memory aspect of personality






48. 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






49. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






50. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females