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AP Psychology

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1. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






2. Primary area for processing visual information






3. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






4. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






5. Suffering from a gross impairment in reality testing that interferes with the ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.






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






7. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






8. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






9. Neurotransmitter that causes contraction of skeletal muscles; lack of Ach linked with Alzheimer's disease;






10. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






11. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






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






13. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






14. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






15. 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.






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






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






18. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






19. Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or violent motor activity or by stupor.






20. The sense of hearing






21. A person's experiences in the environment






22. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






23. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






24. The extent to which people are flexible and respond adaptively to external or internal demands






25. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






26. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories






27. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






28. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






29. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






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






31. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






32. Inability to understand or use language






33. Approach to attitude formation that assumes that people infer their attitudes and emotional states from their behavior.






34. Heuristic procedure in which the problem solver compares the current situation with the desired goal to determine the most efficient way to get from one to the other.






35. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






36. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






37. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






38. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






39. 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






40. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






41. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






42. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






43. The human need to fulfill one's potential






44. 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






45. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






46. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






47. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






48. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






49. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






50. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients