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AP Psychology

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1. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






2. In Roger's theory of personality - an inborn tendency directing people toward actualizing their essential nature and thus attaining their potential.






3. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






4. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






5. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






6. The highness or lowness of a sound






7. A counterconditioning technique in which an aversive or noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus with the undesirable behavior.






8. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






9. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






10. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






11. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






12. Chemical similar to opiates that relieves pain; may induce feelings of pleasure






13. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






14. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






15. Occurs when frightening - traumatic events are forgotten because people want to forget them






16. The first phase of the sexual response cycle during which there are increases in heart rate blood pressure and respiration






17. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






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






19. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.






20. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






21. 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






22. Expectation of the person conducting an experiment which may be affect the outcome






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






24. 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






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

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






27. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.






28. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






29. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






30. Period of development from conception until birth






31. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation






32. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






33. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data






34. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






35. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






36. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






37. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






38. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment






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






40. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






41. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they see themselves as always 'on stage' with an audience watching






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






43. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






44. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').






45. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






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






47. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






48. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






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






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







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