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AP Psychology

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1. Dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming while it is happening






2. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






3. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






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






5. The most important area of the brain's occipital lobe - which receives and further processes information from the lateral geniculate nucleus; also known as the striate cortex.






6. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






7. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






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






9. Stress and coping; used 'social readjustment scale' to measure stress






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






11. After firing when a neuron will not fire again no matter how strong the incoming message may be






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






13. Transparent covering of the eye






14. A discipline based on the premise that even day-to-day behaviors are determined by the process of natural selection - that social behaviors that contribute to the survival of a species are passed on via the genes from one generation to the next.






15. A fertilized egg






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 30 -000 genes needed to build a human






21. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next






22. Netlike system of neurons that weaves through limbic system and plays an important role in attention - arousal - and alert functions; arouses and alerts higher parts of the brain; anesthetics work by temporary shutting off RF system






23. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






24. The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.






25. The first of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development (covering roughly the first 2 years of life) - during which the child develops some motoer coordination skills and a memory for past events






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






27. Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone.






28. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






29. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






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






31. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






32. The appearance of one overt symptom to replace another that has been eliminated by treatment.






33. Any behavior intended to harm another person or thing.






34. Defense mechanism by which people reinterpret undesirable feelings or behaviors in terms that make them appear acceptable.






35. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes






36. An excessive attachment to some person or object that was appropriate only at an earlier stage of development






37. 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






38. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






39. The process of growth and the realization of individual potential; in the humanistic view - a final level of psychological development in which a person attempts to minimize ill health - be fully functioning - have a superior perception of reality -






40. 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).






41. Small area of retina where image is focused






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






43. 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






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






45. Heuristic procedure in which a problem is broken down into smaller steps - each of which has a subgoal.






46. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






47. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






48. Does research on how people function best with machines






49. 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






50. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems