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AP Psychology

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1. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






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






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






4. Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic - creative and practical dimensions






5. 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.






6. Psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a therapist becomes the object of a patient's emotional attitudes about an important person in the patient's life - such as a parent.






7. The inability to perceive different hues.






8. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






9. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






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






11. 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






12. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






13. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






14. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






15. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






16. Ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters






17. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






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






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






20. 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






21. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






22. State of emotional and physical exhaustion - lowered productivity - and feelings of isolation - often caused by work-related pressures






23. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






24. Behavior learned through coincidental association with reinforcement






25. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






26. Any event that increases the probability of a recurrence of the response that preceded it






27. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






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






29. Simultaneously analyzing different elements of sensory information - such as color - brightness - shape - etc.






30. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






31. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant






32. People's tendency to change attitudes or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of other people or with social norms.






33. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






34. Located in left frontal lobe; controls production of speech

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35. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






36. Sense of smell






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






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






39. The highness or lowness of a sound






40. Ability of the visual perceptual system to recognize that an object remains constant in size regardless of its distance from the observer or the size of its image on the retina.






41. Chemical secreted at terminal button that prevents (or reduces ability of) the neuron on the other side of the synapse from firing






42. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






43. The treatment of emotional or behavior problems through psychological techniques.






44. Motivation; believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach - was the sole basis for hunger; did research that inserted balloons in stomachs






45. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






46. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.






47. Freud's level of mental life that consists of mental activities beyond people's normal awareness.






48. In the sexual response cycle - engorgement of the blood vessels - particularly in the genital area - due to increased blood flow






49. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






50. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear