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AP Psychology

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1. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






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






3. Physical - emotional - or sexual mistreatment of a child.






4. The increase in sensitivity to light that occurs when the illumination level changes from high to low - causing chemicals in the rods and cones to regenerate and return to their inactive state.






5. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






6. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants






7. The prenatal organism from the 8th week after conception until birth






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






9. Personality disorder characterized by egocentricity - and behavior that is irresponsible and that violates the rights of other people - a lack of guilt feelings - an inability to understand other people and a lack of fear of punishment.






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






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






12. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






13. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






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






15. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






16. An individual's genetic make-up






17. Shows brain's electrical activity by positioning electrodes over the scalp






18. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






19. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic negative value for an organism but acquires punishing qualities when linked with a primary punisher






20. Commonly occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent behavior






21. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.






22. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






23. Selection of a part of the population without reason; participation is by chance






24. Compliance with the orders of another person or group of people.






25. 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






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






27. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






28. Does research on how people function best with machines






29. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






30. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






31. Shows brain activity at higher reolution than PET scan when changes in oxygen concentration in neurons alters its magnetic qualities






32. Perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior






33. Expectations of an observer which may distort an authentic observation






34. A drug that increases alertness - reduces fatigue - and elevates mood






35. Maintenance of a constant state of inner stability or balance






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






37. A sample that reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn






38. Preset natural body weight - determined by the number of fat cells in the body






39. Having both stereotypically male and stereotypically female characteristics






40. Obedience to authority; had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants; wanted to see if Germans were an aberration or if all people were capable of committing evil actions






41. The percentage of scores at or below a certain score






42. A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society






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






44. A subjective response - usually accompanied by a physiological change - which is interpreted n a particular way by the individual and often leads to a change in behavior






45. Response to the belief that the IV will have an effect - rather than the IV's actual effect - which can be a confounding variable






46. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






47. Inherited - automatic species-specific behaviors






48. Informing participants about the true nature of a experiment after its completion.






49. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






50. The inability to perceive different hues.