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AP Psychology
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1. 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)
spinal cord
corpus callosum
Jean Piaget
Groupthink
2. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance
Grasping reflex
Leon Festinger
mode
Obedience
3. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.
Defense Mechanism
Primary Reinforcer
placebo
Token economy
4. Top of the spinal column
Plateau phase
brainstem
adaptation
monocular cues
5. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines
Disorganized type of schizophrenia
cognitive psychology
Sex
frequency polygon
6. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.
Henry Murray
Trichromats
Algorithm
cohort effect
7. The genetically determined physical features that differentiate the sexes but are not directly involved with reproduction
self-fulfilling prophecy
Secondary Sex Characteristics
Syntax
computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
8. The study of the lifelong - often age-related - processes of change in the physical - cognitive - moral - emotional - and social domains of functioning; such changes are rooted in biological mechanisms that are genetically controlled - as well as in
rehearsal
thyroxine
Humanistic theory
Developmental Psychology
9. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion
Ekman & Friesen
habituation
Dissociative disorders
zone of proximal development
10. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth
Prejudice
Reinforcer
Humanistic theory
Vulnerability
11. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.
moral development
Cross-sectional Studies
frequency
Placebo effect
12. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image
neuropsychologist
Ageism
anorexia nervosa
Social Influence
13. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores
measure of central tendency
frequency
photoreceptors
refractory period
14. Part of the brain that coordinates balance - movement - reflexes
aphasia
cerebellum
Rationalization
triarchic theory of intelligence
15. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process
Convergent thinking
Hue
participant
cohort effect
16. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.
Obedience
Learning
Developmental Psychology
imagery
17. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin
inferential statistics
declarative memory
Opiates (AKA narcotics)
Appraisal
18. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.
motive
aptitude test
Consciousness
Approach-approach conflict
19. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement
(cerebral) cortex
Prevalence
Anorexia Nervosa
Impression Formation
20. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.
semantic memory
Brightness
imagery
Free association
21. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'
sympathetic nervous system
Survey
Catatonic type of schizophrenia
Dark adaptation
22. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression
Raymond Cattell
Judith Langlois
aversive conditioning
phenotype
23. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression
sociocultural psychology
Social Influence
serotonin
heritability
24. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions
normal distribution
Schema
levels-of-processing approach
neural plasticity
25. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time
Longitudinal Study
Resolution Phase
Little Albert
Specific phobia
26. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions
survey research
limbic system
synaptic cleft
Karen Horney
27. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response
Phonology
Ex Post Facto Design
Extinction (classical conditioning)
Cross-sectional Studies
28. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.
afferent neuron nerve
Fulfillment
Non-rapid Eye Movement Sleep
Mediation
29. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival
Coping
Bipolar disorder
descriptive statistics
Drive theory (aka - drive-reduction theory)
30. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again
hindbrain
Attachment
state-dependent learning
opponent-process theory of emotion
31. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next
genetics
postconventional level of moral development
Observational Learning Theory
procedural memory
32. Patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people - ideas - or objects that are based on a person's past experiences - shape his or her future behavior - and are evaluative in nature.
Saturation
Attitudes
theory
Stimulant
33. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.
memory span
sound localization
Anal Stage
Electromagnetic Radiation
34. 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.
Stimulus Generalization
Dissociative disorders
Ernst Weber
Dream analysis
35. Way of getting knowledge about the world based on observation
Bonding
sympathetic nervous system
science
natural selection
36. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time
percentile score
gustation
educational psychologist
difference threshold
37. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire
graded potential
spinal cord
debriefing
Conflict
38. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.
Noam Chomsky
Residual type of schizophrenia
adrenal glands
Intelligence
39. Pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) - focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions
control group
Rosenthal & Jacobson
Wechsler intelligence tests
Albert Ellis
40. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.
Naturalistic observation
Circadian Rhythms
Reaction Formation
Substance Abuser
41. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.
Language
adrenal glands
Perception
Psychotherapy
42. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one
Oral Stage
consolidation
Conditioned Response
prenatal development
43. Applies psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and the quality of work life
industrial/organizational psychologist
Time-out
Groupthink
parathyroid
44. The overt story line - characters - and setting of a dream-the obvious - clearly discernible events of the dream
Reflex
Manifest Content
Health psychology
Mainstreaming
45. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes
Psychosurgery
chromosome
Extrinsic motivation
Body Language
46. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait
functionalism
Spontaneous Recovery
olfaction
dominant genes
47. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.
Aversive counterconditioning
Rosenthal & Jacobson
Longitudinal Study
Kenneth Clark
48. The arithmetic average of a set of scores
mean
Stanford-Binet intelligence tests
levels-of-processing approach
Demand characteristics
49. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response
Shaping
Resilience
Emotion
Obedience
50. Endocrine gland that produces a large amount of hormones; it regulates growth and helps control other endocrine glands; located on underside of brain; sometimes called the 'master gland'
pituitary gland
thyroid gland
Counterconditioning
Conflict