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AP Psychology

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1. The expression of genes






2. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






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






4. The brain and spinal cord






5. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






6. The Reaction experienced when a substance abuser stops using a drug with dependence properties






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






14. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






15. A three-stage counterconditioning procedure in which people are taught to relax when confronting stimuli that forming elicited anxiety.






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






17. Inability to understand or use language






18. 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






19. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






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






21. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






22. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






23. Psychological disorders characterized by a sudden but temporary alteration in consciousness - identity - sensorimotor behavior - or memory






24. 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.






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






26. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






27. The principle that those characteristics and behaviors that help organisms adapt - be fit - and survive will be passed on to successive generations - because flexible - fit individuals have a greater chance of reproduction






28. In Freud's theory - the technique of providing a context - meaning - or cause for a specific idea - feeling - or set of behaviors; the process of tying a set of behaviors to its unconscious determinant.






29. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






30. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






31. Memory; studied memorization of meaningless words






32. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






33. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






34. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






35. Twins from two separate fertilized eggs (zygotes); share half of the same genes






36. Released by adrenal glands; triggered by norepinephrine to prolong the response to stress (used in the sympathetic nervous system)






37. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






38. 17th century English philosopher. Wrote that the mind was a 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa'; that is - people are born without innate ideas. We are completely shaped by our environment .






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






40. A single long - fiber that carries outgoing messages to other neurons - muscles - or glands






41. Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology.






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






44. 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






45. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






46. Universal Emotions (based upon facial expressions); Study Basics: Constants across culture in the face and emotion






47. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






48. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






49. Studies as identical and rhetorical twins to determine relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior






50. Response elicited by a conditioned stimulus