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AP Psychology

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1. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






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






3. A chronic and progressive disorder of the brain that is the most common cause of degeneration dementia

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4. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






5. Inability to remember information (typically - all events within a specific period) - usually due to physiological trauma






6. An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human dignity - individual choice - and self-worth






7. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






8. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






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






10. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






11. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






12. The scores and corresponding percentile ranks of a large and representative sample of individuals from the population for which a test was designed






13. Typically a pill that is used as a control in the experiment; a sugar pill






14. Any event that increases the probability of a recurrence of the response that preceded it






15. The brain and spinal cord






16. Heuristic procedure in which a problem solver works backward from the goal or end of a problem to the current position - in order to analyze the problem and reduce the steps needed to get from the current position to the goal.






17. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






18. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






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






20. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






21. Establish the relationship between two variables






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






23. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






24. The process of growth and the realization of individual potential; in the humanistic view - a final level of psychological development in which a person attempts to minimize ill health - be fully functioning - have a superior perception of reality -






25. The suppression of one bit of information by another






26. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






27. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






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






29. 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






30. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






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

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32. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






33. Preset natural body weight - determined by the number of fat cells in the body






34. Sense of smell






35. A person's description and analysis of what he or she is thinking and feeling or what he or she has just thought about






36. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






37. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






38. A number that expresses the degree and direction of the relationship between 2 variables - ranging from -1 to +1






39. The highness or lowness of a sound






40. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






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






42. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






43. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






44. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






45. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






46. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






47. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






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






49. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






50. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons