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AP Psychology

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1. School of psychological thought that considered the structure and elements of conscious experience to be the proper subject matter of psychology






2. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






3. People whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed






4. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






5. The law that the neuron either fires at 100% or not at all






6. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






7. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






8. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






9. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.






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






11. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






12. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






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






14. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






15. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






16. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






17. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






18. A branch of the autonomic nervous system that maintains normal body functions; it calms the body after sympathetic stimulation






19. Ethology (animal behavior); studied imprinting and critical periods in geese






20. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






21. 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.






22. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






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






24. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






25. An insight therapy - developed be Carl Rogers - that seeks to help people evaluate the world and themselves from their own perspective by providing them with a nondirective environment and unconditional positive regard; also known as person-centered






26. An operant conditioning procedure in which a person is physically removed from sources of reinforcement to decrease the occurrence of undesired behaviors.






27. The expression of genes






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






29. Establish the relationship between two variables






30. Behaviorism/learning; pioneer in systematic desensitization - maintained that fear could be unlearned






31. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






32. Perception below the threshold of awareness.






33. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area






34. Experience of the difference threshold






35. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






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






37. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






38. Body sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of the body






39. Transparent covering of the eye






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






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






42. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






43. Does research on how people function best with machines






44. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






45. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






46. Learning; Positive Psychology; learned helplessness theory of depression; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness






47. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






48. A location on a receptor neurons which is like a key to a lock (with a specific nerve transmitter); allows for orderly pathways






49. A test score that has not been transformed or converted in any way






50. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality