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AP Psychology

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






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






3. '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






4. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






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






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






7. Theory suggesting that there are two routes to attitude change: the central route - which focuses on thoughtful consideration of an argument for change - and the peripheral route - which focuses on less careful - more emotional - and even superficial






8. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






9. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






10. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






11. Type of schizophrenia characterized either by displays of excited or violent motor activity or by stupor.






12. Neurotransmitter that affects sleep - arousal - mood - appetite; lack of it is linked with depression






13. Way of getting knowledge about the world based on observation






14. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher






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






16. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






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






19. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






20. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






21. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






22. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






23. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






24. Experience of the difference threshold






25. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






26. Chemical that opposes the actions of a neurotransmitter






27. A conceptual framework that organizes information and allows a person to make sense of the world






28. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






29. The inability to perceive different hues.






30. Hormone that controls imbalances levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood and tissue fluid; influences levels of excitability; secreted by parathyroids






31. Located in neck; regulates metabolism by secreting thyroxine






32. Anxiety disorder characterized by marked fear and avoidance of being alone in a place from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing






33. An observable action






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






35. A bell-shaped graphic representation of data showing what percentage of the population falls under each part of the curve






36. For glands embedded in the thyroid; secretes parathormone; controls announces level of calcium and phosphate (which influence levels of excitability)






37. 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 -






38. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






39. Pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) - focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions






40. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






41. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






42. 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






43. 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






44. Interpersonal psychoanalysis; groundwork for enmeshed relationships - developed the Self-System - a configuration of personality traits






45. The suppression of one bit of information by another






46. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






47. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






48. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






49. Behavior pattern exhibited by people who are calmer - more patient - and less hurried than Type A individuals






50. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making