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AP Psychology

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






2. 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.






3. Depth cues that are based on one eye






4. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






5. In an experiment - a difference that is unlikely to have occurred because of chance alone and is inferred to be most likely due to the systematic manipulations of variables by the researcher






6. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






7. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






8. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur






9. Negative evaluation of an entire group of people - typically based on unfavorable (and often wrong) stereotypes about groups.






10. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






11. A need or want that causes someone to act






12. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






13. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






14. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






15. Following a strong emotion - an opposing emotion counters the first emotion - lessening the experience of that emotion; on repeated occasions - the opposing emotion becomes stronger






16. A fixed - overly simple - sometimes incorrect idea about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of males or females






17. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes






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






19. Transparent covering of the eye






20. 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






21. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






22. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






23. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






24. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






25. The period during which the reproductive system matures; it begins with an increase in the production of sex hormones - which signals the end of childhood






26. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






27. 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.






28. Reflex that causes a newborn to make sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth






29. Does research on how people function best with machines






30. Memory of ideas - rules - words - and general concepts about the world






31. The highness or lowness of a sound






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






33. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






34. Unlearned or involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus






35. Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings






36. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






37. Inability to understand or use language






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






39. When a neuron is in polarization; more negative ions are inside the neuron cell membrane with a positive ions on the outside - causing a small electrical charge; release of this charge generates a neuron's impulse (signal/message)






40. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






41. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






42. Humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization - transcendence






43. A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders






44. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






45. A division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary functions; made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems






46. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






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






48. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






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






50. The biologically based categories of male and female