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AP Psychology

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1. 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 -






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






3. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






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






5. The extent to which people are flexible and respond adaptively to external or internal demands






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






7. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






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






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






10. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state






11. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






12. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






13. Consciousness-altering drugs that affect moods - thoughts - memory - judgment - and perception and that are consumed for the purpose of producing those results






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






15. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






16. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it and may even involve some personal risk or sacrifice.






17. Two or more individuals who are working with a common purpose or have some common goals - characteristics - or interests.






18. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






19. 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






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






21. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






22. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






23. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






24. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina






25. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






26. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






27. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






28. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands






29. A generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal.






30. Therapies that use approaches or techniques derived from Freud - but that reject or modify some elements of Freud's theory.






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






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






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






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






35. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






36. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






37. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






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






39. Bundles of axons






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






41. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






42. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






43. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






44. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






45. Division of peripheral nervous system; controls voluntary actions






46. The highness or lowness of a sound






47. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






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






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






50. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world