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AP Psychology

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1. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






2. The psychological property of light referred to as color - determined by the wavelengths of reflected light.






3. The fourth phase of the sexual response cycle - following orgasm - during which the body returns to its resting - or normal state






4. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






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






6. Operant training system that uses secondary reinforcers (tokens) to increase appropriate behavior; learners can exchange tokens for desired rewards






7. A person's experiences in the environment






8. The realization of infants that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight






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






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






11. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






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






13. 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






14. Morality based on fitting in to the norms of society






15. Three age individual IQ tests: WPPSI (children) - WISC (children) - WAIS (adults)






16. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






17. An operant conditioning procedure in which individuals who display appropriate behavior receive tokens that they can exchange for desirable items or activities.






18. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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19. Level of consciousness that includes unacceptable feelings - wishes - and thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness






20. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






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






22. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






23. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






24. 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.






25. Activation of the central nervous system - the autonomic nervous system - and the muscles and glands






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






27. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






28. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






29. Developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation - devised patterns of attachment; 'The Strange Situation': observation of parent/child attachment






30. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






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






32. Colored part of the eye that regulates size of pupil






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






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






35. Emotion; found that facial expressions are universal






36. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact






37. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






38. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






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






40. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






41. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






42. 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.






43. The middle division of brain responsible for hearing and sight; location where pain is registered; includes temporal lobe - occipital lobe - and most of the parietal lobe






44. The evaluation of the significance of a situation or event as it relates to a person's well-being






45. Assessing and choosing among alternatives.






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






47. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






48. 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.






49. Freud's second stage of personality development - from about age 2 to about age 3 - during which children learn to control the immediate gratification they obtain through defecation and to become responsive to the demands of society.






50. Test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area