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AP Psychology

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1. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






2. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






3. The appearance of one overt symptom to replace another that has been eliminated by treatment.






4. 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






5. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






6. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






7. Process by which a perceptual system analyzes stimuli and converts them into electrical impulses; also known as coding.






8. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






9. 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)






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






11. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






12. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories






13. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






14. Seeing mind and body as different aspects of the same thing






15. The controversial claim that sensation can occur apart from sensory input






16. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






17. Eating disorder most common in adolescent females characterized by weight less than 85% of normal - restricted eating - and unrealistic body image






18. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






19. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






20. Focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people






21. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






22. 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






23. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






24. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






25. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood






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






27. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'






28. 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






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






30. Part of the brain involved in sleep/wake cycles; also connects cerebellum and medulla to the cerebral cortex






31. Theory that suggests that organisms learn new responses by observing the behavior of a model and then imitating it; aka. Social learning theory






32. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






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






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






35. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






36. Defense mechanism by which people refuse to accept reality.






37. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






38. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






39. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






40. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






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






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






43. An individual's genetic make-up






44. 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






45. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






46. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles






47. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






48. 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.






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






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