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1. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






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






3. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






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






5. The repetition of an experiment to test the validity of its conclusion






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






7. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






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






9. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






10. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






11. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






12. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






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






14. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






15. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.






16. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






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






18. Transparent covering of the eye






19. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.






20. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






21. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






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






23. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






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






25. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






26. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






27. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






28. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






29. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






30. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






31. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






32. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






33. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






34. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






35. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






36. Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation - they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.






37. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






38. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals






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






40. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






41. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






42. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp






43. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






44. Child psychoanalysis; emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






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






46. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






47. Sense of smell






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






49. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






50. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message







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