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AP Psychology

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1. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






2. Applies psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and the quality of work life






3. The most primitive of the three functional divisions of the brain - consisting of the pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum






4. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






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






6. Problems in going to sleep or maintaining sleep






7. Style of parenting marked by emotional coldness - imposing rules and expecting obedience






8. Occurs when initial processing of information is similar to the process of retrieval; the better the match - the better the recall






9. Learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcer






10. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






11. 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






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






13. Child psychoanalysis; emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






14. Personality assessment; created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan - stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances






15. The second phase of the sexual response cycle - during which physical arousal continues to increase as the partners bodies prepare for orgasm






16. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






17. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






18. Pioneer in intelligence (IQ) tests - designed a test to identify slow learners in need of help-not applicable in the U.S. because it was too culture-bound (French)






19. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






20. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






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






22. Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions






23. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






24. Theorist who both aided in the development of the trichromatic theory of color perception and Place theory of pitch perception.






25. A person who overuses and relies on drugs to deal with everyday life






26. Child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research






27. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






28. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






29. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






30. 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






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






32. Process by which a neutral stimulus takes on conditioned properties through pairing with a conditioned stimulus






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






34. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






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






36. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






37. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






38. Sleep researcher who discovered and coined the phrase 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep.






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






40. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






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






42. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






43. Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (lasting from about age 2 to age 6 or 7) - during which the child begins to represent the world symbolically






44. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






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






46. A need or want that causes someone to act






47. Area on retina with no receptor cells (where optic nerve leaves the eye)






48. The overall capacity of an individual to act purposefully - to think rationally - and to deal effectively with the environment






49. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience






50. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.