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AP Psychology

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1. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






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






3. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






4. 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






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






6. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






7. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






8. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






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






10. 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).






11. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






12. Carries impulses from the eye to the brain






13. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






14. The more accurate recall of items presented at the end of a series






15. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






16. Neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; dream studies/interpretation






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






18. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism






19. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






20. 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.






21. 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






22. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






23. 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






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






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






26. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






27. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






28. Sense of smell






29. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






30. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






31. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






32. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






33. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






34. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






35. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






36. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






37. Minimum difference between any two stimuli that person can detect 50% of the time






38. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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39. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






40. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






41. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






42. A treatment for severe mental illness in which an electric current is briefly applied to the head in order to produce a generalized seizure.






43. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






44. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






45. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






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






47. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






48. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






49. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






50. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior