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AP Psychology

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1. State of physiological imbalance usually accompanied by arousal






2. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






3. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






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






5. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






6. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






7. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






8. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






9. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






10. 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






11. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






12. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






13. Loss of memory of events and experiences that preceded an amnesia-causing event






14. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






15. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






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






17. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






18. Systematic procedure through which associations and responses to specific stimuli are learned






19. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






20. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






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






22. The sense of hearing






23. Learning; systematic desensitization






24. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






25. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






26. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






27. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






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






29. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






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






31. Theory suggesting that there are two routes to attitude change: the central route - which focuses on thoughtful consideration of an argument for change - and the peripheral route - which focuses on less careful - more emotional - and even superficial






32. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






33. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






34. Constructed by Lewis Terman - originally used ratio IQ (MA/CA x 100); now based on deviation from mean






35. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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36. The range between the level at which a child can solve a problem working alone with difficulty - and the level at which a child can solve a problem with the assistance of adults or children with more skill






37. 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 .






38. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






39. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






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






41. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






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






43. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






44. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes






45. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






46. One of the descriptive methods of research; it requires construction of a set of questions to administer to a group of participants






47. The communication of information by cues or actions that include gestures - tone of voice - vocal inflections - and facial expressions.






48. People who can distinguish only two of the three basic colors.






49. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






50. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions