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AP Psychology

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1. A research approach that follows a group of people over time to determine change or stability in behavior.






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






3. Defense mechanism by which people attribute their own undesirable traits to others.






4. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume






5. Anxiety disorders characterized by excessive and irrational fear of - and consequent attempted avoidance of - specific objects or situations.






6. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.






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






8. Anxiety disorder characterized by irrational and persistent fear of a particular object or situation - along with a compelling desire to avoid it.






9. The theory that children and adolescents use gender as an organizing theme to classify and interpret their perceptions about the world and themselves






10. Storage mechanism that keeps a relatively permanent record of memory






11. The statistically determined minimum level of stimulation necessary to excite a perceptual system.






12. Three-stage process which describes the body's reaction to stress: 1) alarm reaction - 2) resistance - 3) exahaustion

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13. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success






14. The depth and richness of a hue determined by determined by the homogeneity of the wavelengths contained in the reflected light; also known as purity.






15. Researched taste aversion. Showed that when rats ate a novel substance before being nauseated by a drug or radiation - they developed a conditioned taste aversion for the substance.






16. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






17. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






18. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and longstanding maladaptive behaviors that typically cause stress and/or social or occupational problems.






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






20. Freud's first stage of personality development - from birth to about age 2 - during which the instincts of infants are focused on the mouth as the primary pleasure center.






21. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






22. Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are strengthened while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are weakened (Thorndike)






23. Perspective that seeks to explain and predict behaviors by analyzing how the human brain developed over time - how it functions - and how input from the environment affects human behaviors






24. Describes differences between groups of participants that differ naturally on a variable such as race or gender






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






26. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






27. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






28. Retrieval cues that match original information work better






29. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






30. Learning; systematic desensitization






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






32. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






33. A branch of the autonomic nervous system and prepares the body for quick action in emergencies; 'fight or flight'






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






35. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making






36. A pattern of relatively permanent traits - dispositions - or characteristics that give some consistency to people's behavior.






37. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






38. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






39. Focused awareness of only a limited amount of all you are capable of experiencing






40. An abstraction - an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items.






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






42. The variable in a controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the manipulation of the independent variable






43. A score indicating what percentage of the test population would obtain a lower score






44. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships






45. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






46. Unexpected changes in the gene replication process that are not always evident in phenotype and create unusual and sometimes harmful characteristics of body or behavior






47. Process of changing from a totally self-oriented point of view to one tha recognizes other people's feelings - ideas - and viewpoints






48. Process by which stored information is recovered from memory






49. Organ lying between the stomach and small intestine; regulates blood sugar by secreting to regulating hormones insulin and glucagon






50. 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 -