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AP Psychology

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1. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






2. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






3. Cognition; studied rats and discovered the 'cognitive map' in rats and humans






4. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






5. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






6. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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7. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






8. Inability to understand or use language






9. Expectation of the person conducting an experiment which may be affect the outcome






10. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies






11. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






12. Shows brain activity when radioactively tagged glucose rushes to active neurons






13. Sense of taste






14. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






15. Three age individual IQ tests: WPPSI (children) - WISC (children) - WAIS (adults)






16. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






17. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






18. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






19. In Adler's theory - a feeling of openness with all humanity.






20. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






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






22. Structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection - basic units of experience






23. 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.






24. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






25. Manageable and meaningful units of information organized in such a way that it can be easily encoded - stored - and retrieved






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






27. In Freud's theory - the source of a person's instinctual energy - which works mainly on the pleasure principle.






28. The ability to recall past events - images - ideas - or previously learned information or skills; the storage system that allows a person to retain and retrieve previously learned information






29. The principle that those characteristics and behaviors that help organisms adapt - be fit - and survive will be passed on to successive generations - because flexible - fit individuals have a greater chance of reproduction






30. The quality of a sound determined by the purity of a waveform






31. Following a strong emotion - an opposing emotion counters the first emotion - lessening the experience of that emotion; on repeated occasions - the opposing emotion becomes stronger






32. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






33. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.






34. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






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






36. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






37. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






38. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






39. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






40. Perspective that focuses on the mental processes involved in perception - learning - memory - and thinking






41. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






42. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses






43. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






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






45. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






46. Systematic procedure through which associations and responses to specific stimuli are learned






47. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






48. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






49. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






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







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