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1. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






2. 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.






3. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






4. Largest - most complicated - and most advanced of the three divisions of the brain; comprises the thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system - basal ganglia - corpus callosum - and cortex






5. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






6. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






7. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






8. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






9. Process by which an organism selects and interprets sensory input so that it acquires meaning.






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






11. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






12. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






13. Portion of the CNS that carries messages to the PNS; connects brain to the rest of the body






14. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






15. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






16. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






17. Endocrine glands located above the kidney and secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine - which prepare the body for 'fight or flight'






18. The analysis of the meaning of language - especially of individual words.






19. Production of new brain cells; November 1988: cancer patients proved that new neurons grew until the end of life






20. Efferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from spinal cord/brain to muscles and glands






21. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






22. Elements of an experimental situation that might cause a participant to perceive the situation in a certain way or become aware of the purpose of the study and thus bias the participant to behave in a certain way - and in so doing - distort results.






23. Emotional intelligence






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






25. Morality based on consequences to self






26. Recurrence of an extinguished conditioned response - usually following a rest period






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






28. The ways people alter the attitudes or behaviors of others - either directly or indirectly.






29. The level of consciousness devoted to processes completely unavailable to conscious awareness (e.g. - fingernails growing)






30. Therapies that use approaches or techniques derived from Freud - but that reject or modify some elements of Freud's theory.






31. Snail-shaped fluid-filled tube in the inner ear involved in transduction






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






33. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






34. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






35. 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






36. Memory for specific information






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






38. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






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






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






41. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






42. In an experiment - the group of participants to whom a treatment is given






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






44. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






45. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






46. Nerve cell that transmits messages between sensory and motor neurons






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






48. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






49. Ancient Greek philosopher. Promoted introspection by saying - 'Know thyself.'






50. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






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