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AP Psychology

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1. 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.






2. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






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






4. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






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






6. In Freud's theory - the part of personality that seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality.






7. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






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






9. Period of development from conception until birth






10. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






11. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






12. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






13. Part of the limbic system; influences emotions such as aggression - fear - and self-protective behaviors






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






15. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






16. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






17. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






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






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






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






21. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






22. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






23. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






24. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






25. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






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






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






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






29. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






30. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






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






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






33. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






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






35. 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






36. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






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






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






39. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






40. Sharpness of vision






41. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






42. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






43. 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.






44. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






45. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






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






47. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






48. Emotional intelligence






49. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






50. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place