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AP Psychology

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1. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






2. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






3. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






4. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






5. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception






6. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






7. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






8. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






9. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






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






11. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






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






13. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






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






15. In Adler's theory - a feeling of openness with all humanity.






16. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait






17. An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging






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






19. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






20. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes






21. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






22. 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






23. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






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






25. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






26. Located in left frontal lobe; controls production of speech

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27. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation






28. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






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






30. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






31. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






32. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






33. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






34. Feelings of rivalry with the parent of the same sex and sexual desire for the parent of the other sex - occurring during the phallic stage and ultimately resolved through identification with the parent of the same sex.






35. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






36. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






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






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






39. Memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time






40. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






41. Glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream - which regulate body and behavioral processes






42. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.






43. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






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






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






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






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






48. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






49. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






50. Perception; identified just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law