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AP Psychology

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1. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






2. The brain and spinal cord






3. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






4. 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.






5. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






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






7. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






8. 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






9. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






10. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






11. A state of mental discomfort arising from a discrepancy between two or more of a person's beliefs or between a person's beliefs and overt behavior.






12. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






13. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






14. The extent to which scores differ from one another






15. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






16. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






17. Concerned with the relationship between brain/nervous system and behavior






18. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






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






20. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






21. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






22. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






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






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






25. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.






26. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






27. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






28. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






29. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






30. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






31. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






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






33. People's tendency to ascribe their positive behaviors to their own internal traits - but their failures and shortcomings to external - situational factors.






34. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






35. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






36. The expression of genes






37. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






38. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






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






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






41. The study of the psychological and medical aspects of death and dying






42. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






43. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






44. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






45. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






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






47. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






48. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






49. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






50. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict