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AP Psychology

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1. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






2. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






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






4. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






5. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






6. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand






7. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






8. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






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






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






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






12. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters






13. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






14. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






15. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age






16. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






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. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






19. The study of how language is acquired - perceived - understood - and produced.






20. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






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






22. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






23. 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.






24. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






25. 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






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






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






28. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






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






30. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






31. Psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's dreams are described in detail and interpreted so as to provide insight into the individual's unconscious motivations.






32. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






33. 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






34. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






35. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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36. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






37. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






38. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions






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






40. Intelligence and development; discovered that first born and only children tend to have higher IQs than latter born children






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






42. A treatment for severe mental illness in which an electric current is briefly applied to the head in order to produce a generalized seizure.






43. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






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






45. Morality based on consequences to self






46. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






47. Experience of the difference threshold






48. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






49. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






50. Devices or instruments used to assess personality - in which examinees are shown a standard set of ambiguous stimuli and asked to respond to the stimuli in their own way.