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AP Psychology

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1. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






2. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






3. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






4. Structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection - basic units of experience






5. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






6. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






7. 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






8. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






9. Experience of the difference threshold






10. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






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






12. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses






13. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






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






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






16. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






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






18. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes






19. 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.






20. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






21. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






22. Learning; systematic desensitization






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


24. 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






25. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






26. The evaluation of the significance of a situation or event as it relates to a person's well-being






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






28. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






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






30. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






31. Main area for hearing - understanding language (Wernicke's area) - understanding music; smell






32. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






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






34. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma






35. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






36. The behavior of giving up or not responding - exhibited by people and animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they feel they have no control.






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






38. The linguistic description of how a language functions - especially the rules and patterns used for generating appropriate and comprehensible sentences.






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






40. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






41. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






42. A need or want that causes someone to act






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






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






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






46. The brain and spinal cord






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






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






49. Motivation theory - drive reduction; maintained that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state - mechanism through which reinforcement operates






50. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data