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AP Psychology

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1. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






2. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






3. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






4. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






5. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






6. 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 -






7. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






8. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






9. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






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






11. 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






12. Conformity; showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect ; in a famous study in which participants were shown cards with lines of different lengths and were asked to say which line matched the line on the fi






13. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






14. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






15. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






16. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






17. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Emotion; stated that in order to experience emotions - a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it






22. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






23. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






24. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






25. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






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






27. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






28. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






29. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior






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






31. The process by which the probability of an organism's emitting a response is reduced when reinforcement no longer follows the response






32. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries






33. An individual's genetic make-up






34. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






35. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






36. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






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






38. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






39. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






40. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






41. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic






42. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






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






44. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






45. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






46. Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.






47. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






48. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






49. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically






50. The process of analyzing and interpreting events - other people - oneself - and the world in general.