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AP Psychology

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1. Below-average intellectual functioning - as measured on an IQ test - accompanied by substantial limitations in functioning that originate before age 8






2. 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






3. Level of consciousness that is outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into conscious awareness






4. The genetically determined physical features that differentiate the sexes but are not directly involved with reproduction






5. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






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






7. 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






8. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






9. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






10. Loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time






11. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






12. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






13. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






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






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






16. Freud's last stage of personality development - from the onset of puberty through adulthood - during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).






17. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






18. Dividing the chromosomes into smaller fragments that can be characterized and ordered so that the fragments reflect their respective locations on specific chromosomes






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






20. 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






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






22. Motivation; human sexual response—studied how both men and women respond to and in relation to sexual behavior






23. Sense of taste






24. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






25. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






26. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






27. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






28. An individual who takes part in an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data collection process






29. The process by which a person infers other people's motives or intensions by observing their behavior.






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






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






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






33. Bundles of axons






34. Social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication - self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students






35. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






36. Cell that send messages from brain and spinal cord to other parts of body; also called motor neurons






37. The expression of genes






38. Four distinct stages of sleep during which no rapid eye movements occur.






39. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






40. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






41. False beliefs that are inconsistent with reality but are held in spite of evidence that disproves them.






42. Organizing sensory information so it can be processed by the nervous system






43. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






44. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






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






46. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






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






48. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






49. A DNA segment on a chromosome that controls transmission of traits






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