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AP Psychology

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1. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






2. The more accurate recall of items presented at the end of a series






3. 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).






4. Positively reinforcing closer and closer approximation of a desired behavior to teach a new behavior






5. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






6. Automatic behavior that occurs involuntarily in response to a stimulus and without prior learning and usually shows little variability from instance to instance






7. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






8. 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






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






10. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






11. A therapy that is based on the application of learning principles to human behavior and that focuses on changing overt behaviors rather than on understanding subjective feelings - unconscious processes - or motivations; also known as behavior modific






12. 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






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






14. Depth cues that are based on one eye






15. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






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






17. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






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






19. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






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






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






22. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






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






24. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






25. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






26. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






27. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






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






29. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; criticized Freud - stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses - rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts - neurotic trends; concept of 'basic anxiety'






30. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles






31. An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging






32. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






33. Perception; identified just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law






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






35. 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






36. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






37. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






38. In problem solving - the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions.






39. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






40. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






41. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






42. Prejudice against the elderly and the resulting discrimination against them






43. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






44. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






45. The structures and organs that facilitate electrical and chemical communication in the body and allow all behavior and mental processes to take place






46. Any chemical substance that - in small amounts - alters biological or cognitive processes or both






47. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






48. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes






49. Inability to see that an object can have a function other than its stated or usual one.






50. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period