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AP Psychology

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1. People who cannot perceive any color - usually because their retinas lack cones.






2. Motivation supplied by rewards that come from the external environment






3. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.






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






5. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






6. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






7. The brain and spinal cord






8. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






9. The human need to fulfill one's potential






10. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes






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






12. Loss of memory for events and experiences occurring from the time of an amnesia-causing event forward






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






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






15. Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli






16. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






17. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






18. 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 -






19. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






20. Brain encodes information in different ways or on different levels; deeper processing leads to deeper memory






21. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






22. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






23. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






24. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






25. Previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information






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






27. The expression of genes






28. A drug that increases alertness - reduces fatigue - and elevates mood






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






30. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






31. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






32. Inability to perceive a situation or event except in relation to oneself; also know as self-centeredness






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






34. Typically a pill that is used as a control in the experiment; a sugar pill






35. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products






36. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus






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






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






39. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.






40. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






41. Information processing that begins at the sensory receptors and works up to perception






42. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






43. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






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






45. The creation or re-creation of a mental picture of a sensory or perceptual experience






46. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






47. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






48. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






49. Procedure for solving a problem by implementing a set of rules over and over again until the solution is found.






50. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data