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AP Psychology

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1. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






2. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






3. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






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






5. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






6. 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)






7. A drug that alters behavior - thought - or perception by altering biochemical reactions in the nervous system - thereby affecting consciousness






8. 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.






9. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal






10. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






11. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






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






13. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






14. A fertilized egg






15. Study of hereditary influences and how it influences behavior and thinking






16. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






17. An observable action






18. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






19. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






20. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






21. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






22. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






23. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






24. Eating disorder characterized by pattern 9of eating binges followed by purging (e.g. - vomiting - laxatives - exercise)






25. Depth cues that are based on one eye






26. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes






27. Sense of taste






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






29. The light-sensitive cells in the retina- the rods and cones.






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






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






32. 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






33. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






34. In humanistic theory - the final level of psychological development - in which one strives to realize one's uniquely human potential-to achieve everything one is capable of achieving






35. According to Piaget - the process by which new ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and behaviors






36. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






37. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






38. The genetically determined physical features that differentiate the sexes but are not directly involved with reproduction






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






40. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






41. The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are secreted by terminal buttons and received by dendrites






42. Released by adrenal glands; triggered by norepinephrine to prolong the response to stress (used in the sympathetic nervous system)






43. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






44. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'






45. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary






46. Process by which a person takes some action to manage - master - tolerate - or reduce environmental or internal demands that cause or might cause stress and that tax the individual's inner resources






47. Anxiety disorder characterized by marked fear and avoidance of being alone in a place from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing






48. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






49. The sense of hearing






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