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AP Psychology

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1. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






2. 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






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






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






5. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






6. Learning that occurs in the absence of direct reinforcement and that is not necessarily demonstrated through observable behavior






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






8. In Jung's theory - the emotionally charged ideas and images that are rich in meaning and symbolism and exist within the collective unconscious.






9. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






10. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






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






12. Observing and recording behavior naturally without trying to manipulate and control the situation






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






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






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






16. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






17. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






18. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






19. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






20. A trait or inherited characteristic that has increased in a population because it solved a problem of survival or reproduction






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






22. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






23. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations






24. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






25. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






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






27. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






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






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. Depressive disorder characterized by loss of interest in almost all of life's usual activities; a sad - hopeless - or discourage mood - sleep disturbance; loss of appetite; loss of energy; and feelings of unworthiness and guilt.






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






32. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension






33. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






34. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






35. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






36. Expectation of the person conducting an experiment which may be affect the outcome






37. A nonspecific - emotional response to real or imagined challenges or threats; a result of a cognitive appraisal by the individual






38. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






39. Reproductive glands-male - testes; female - ovaries






40. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI






41. Endocrine gland that produces a large amount of hormones; it regulates growth and helps control other endocrine glands; located on underside of brain; sometimes called the 'master gland'






42. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






43. Preconceived notions of a person answering [a survey] which may alter the experiments purpose






44. A need or want that causes someone to act






45. Structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection - basic units of experience






46. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence






47. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






48. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life






49. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






50. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.