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AP Psychology

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1. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






2. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






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






4. Perspective developed by freud - which assumes that psychological problems are the result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces of which a person might be unaware






5. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






6. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






7. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






8. An environmental stimulus that affects an organism in physically or psychologically injurious ways - usually producing anxiety - tension - and physiological arousal






9. In an experiment - the group of participants to whom a treatment is given






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






11. 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






12. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






13. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth






14. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






15. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






20. First menstrual period






21. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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22. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






23. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






24. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






25. Psychopathology and Social Psychology; effects of labeling; Rosenhan and colleagues checked selves into mental hospitals with symptoms of hearing voices say 'empty - dull and thud.' Diagnosed with schizophrenia. After entered - acted normally. Never






26. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






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






28. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






29. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






30. State with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility






31. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






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






33. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






34. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






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






36. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






37. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






38. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






39. 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.






40. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






41. 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






42. Newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information






43. 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)






44. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






45. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






46. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






47. 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






48. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






49. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






50. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance