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AP Psychology

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1. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






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






3. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






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






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






6. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






7. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






8. 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.






9. The study of how language is acquired - perceived - understood - and produced.






10. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






11. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






12. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






13. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






14. 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






15. The biochemical processes that make it easier for the neuron to respond again when it has been stimulated






16. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.






17. A descriptive statistic that tells which result or score best represents an entire set of scores






18. The highness or lowness of a sound






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






20. Branching extensions of neuron that receives messages from neighboring neurons






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






22. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after predetermined but varying amounts of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once after each interval






23. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






24. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






25. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






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






27. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






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






29. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






30. The suppression of one bit of information by another






31. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






32. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






33. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






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






35. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






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






37. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






38. 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.






39. The bodies 'slow' chemical communication by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream






40. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






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






42. 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.






43. The behavior of giving up or not responding - exhibited by people and animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they feel they have no control.






44. Cognitive psychology; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development - said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)






45. The spread between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution






46. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






47. Sharpness of vision






48. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






49. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






50. The agreement of participants to take part in an experiment and their acknowledgement that they understand the nature of their participation in the research - and have been fully informed about the general nature of the research - its goals - and met