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AP Psychology
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1. 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
synaptic vesicles
Undifferentiated type of schizophrenia
Fundamental Attribution Error
Sensation
2. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.
Trichromats
Survey
Demand characteristics
Panic Attack
3. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.
Deviation IQ
Nonverbal Communication
Token economy
Disorganized type of schizophrenia
4. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).
Genital Stage
Drive
Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
sensory memory
5. Language; his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think
Benjamin Whorf
computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
Transduction
Learning
6. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory
rehearsal
Ekman & Friesen
interneurons
Tolman
7. 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
thyroxine
Case study
refractory period
Reliability
8. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall
motive
Hermann Ebbinghaus
transfer appropriate processing
Von Restorff effect
9. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher
Drive theory (aka - drive-reduction theory)
double-blind procedure
Social Psychology
significant difference
10. The increase in sensitivity to light that occurs when the illumination level changes from high to low - causing chemicals in the rods and cones to regenerate and return to their inactive state.
Dark adaptation
Paranoid type of schizophrenia
maintenance rehearsal
dependent variable
11. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating
association areas
Need
Classical Conditioning
Bystander Effect
12. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.
Rosenhan
Dream
Von Restorff effect
Functional fixedness
13. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.
Plateau phase
Intrinsic motivation
Latent Learning
Bipolar disorder
14. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems
Broca's area
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
state-dependent learning
psychoanalyst
15. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene
Tolman
afferent neuron nerve
refractory period
recessive gene
16. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves
Secondary Punisher
John Locke
informed consent
Gender Schema Theory
17. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched
Babinski reflex
Trait
implicit memory
Subgoal analysis
18. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -
Conformity
parathormone
Optic chiasm
thyroxine
19. Recurrence of an extinguished conditioned response - usually following a rest period
Phallic Stage
Conditioned Response
Debriefing
Spontaneous Recovery
20. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors
Specific phobia
consolidation
blind spot
Expectancy Theories
21. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.
Excitement phase
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Edward Bradford Titchener
Critical Period
22. A test designed to predict a person's future performance
Halo effect
aptitude test
midbrain
nerve
23. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.
standard deviation
Means-ends analysis
ex post facto study
Time-out
24. 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.
normal distribution
hypothesis
Oedipus Complex
pineal gland
25. Eating disorder characterized by pattern 9of eating binges followed by purging (e.g. - vomiting - laxatives - exercise)
random sample
encoding
bulimia nervosa
Depressants (AKA sedative-hypnotics)
26. Visual theory - proposed by Herring - that color is coded by stimulation of three types of paired receptors; each pair of receptors is assumed to operate in an antagonist way so that stimulation by a given wavelength produces excitation (increased fi
blind spot
Bystander Effect
twin studies
Opponent-process theory
27. 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
Homeostasis
Humanistic theory
consolidation
Case study
28. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works
Rational-emotive therapy
functionalism
cornea
central nervous system
29. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep
Stress
Libido
Insomnia
David Rosenhan
30. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving
Cognitive Psychology
Self-actualization
Albert Ellis
Kurt Lewin
31. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters
Self-actualization
adaptation
Convergent thinking
terminal buttons (axon terminals)
32. A person's sense of being male or female
Placenta
Gender Identity
nature
Wolpe
33. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'
Shaping
Unconditioned Stimulus
pseudoscience
Socrates
34. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.
Overjustification effect
anorexia nervosa
Psychophysics
unconscious
35. The human need to fulfill one's potential
endocrine glands
Personality disorders
self-actualization
Wechsler intelligence tests
36. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons
B.F. Skinner
control group
memory span
spinal cord
37. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response
Shaping
Displacement
Carl Rogers
all-or-none principle
38. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception
Embryo
Extinction (classical conditioning)
Major depressive disorder
Rooting reflex
39. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus
Intrinsic motivation
Conditioning
Unconditioned Response
brain
40. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal
Paul Ekman
insulin
Self-serving Bias
Personality disorders
41. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time
difference threshold
Dissociative amnesia
convolutions
Insight therapy
42. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain
Trait
Concordance rate
association areas
optic nerve
43. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.
Developmental Psychology
Secondary Sex Characteristics
ethics
Non-rapid Eye Movement Sleep
44. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response
Fetus
hypnosis
evolutionary psychology
Unconditioned Stimulus
45. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension
Dark adaptation
Coping
amnesia
Cross-sectional study
46. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility
Anna O.
John Garcia
retrograde amnesia
Darley & Latane
47. A test score that has not been transformed or converted in any way
elaborative rehearsal
phenotype
aphasia
Raw score
48. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus
Time-out
Stanley Schachter
Behavior therapy
Stimulus Generalization
49. A person's diminished ability to deal with demanding life events.
Brainstorming
Vulnerability
Ivan Pavlov
state-dependent learning
50. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically
empiricism
Hermann Ebbinghaus
double-blind procedure
neural plasticity