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AP Psychology

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1. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






2. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






3. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






4. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






5. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






6. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






7. Did work on short-term memory






8. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






9. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






10. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






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

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12. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






13. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






14. 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






15. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






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






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






18. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






19. Psychological disorder that may become evident after a person has undergone extreme stress caused by some type of disaster; common symptoms include vivid - intrusive recollections or reexperiences of the traumatic event and occasional lapses of norma






20. The view that knowledge should be acquired through observation and often an experiment






21. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






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






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






24. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






25. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






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






27. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives






28. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






29. Netlike system of neurons that weaves through limbic system and plays an important role in attention - arousal - and alert functions; arouses and alerts higher parts of the brain; anesthetics work by temporary shutting off RF system






30. Applies psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and the quality of work life






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






32. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






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






34. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






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






36. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






37. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






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






39. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






40. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters






41. 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






42. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






43. The biologically based categories of male and female






44. A bell-shaped graphic representation of data showing what percentage of the population falls under each part of the curve






45. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






46. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






47. 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 -






48. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






49. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence






50. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one