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AP Psychology

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1. The brain and spinal cord






2. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






3. 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






4. School of psychological thought that argued that behavior cannot be studied in parts but must be viewed a s whole






5. Sharpness of vision






6. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






7. A type of research method that allows researchers to measure variables so that they can develop a description of a situation or phenomenon






8. The prenatal organism from the 5th through the 49th day after conception






9. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






10. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






11. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






12. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






13. The level of consciousness devoted to processes completely unavailable to conscious awareness (e.g. - fingernails growing)






14. Suffering from a gross impairment in reality testing that interferes with the ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.






15. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






16. Theory suggesting that there are two routes to attitude change: the central route - which focuses on thoughtful consideration of an argument for change - and the peripheral route - which focuses on less careful - more emotional - and even superficial






17. The process by which the location of sound is determined






18. Neuroscience/biopsychology; studied split brain patients






19. In Jung's theory - a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that reside in the unconscious and are inherited from one's ancestors.






20. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






21. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






22. An unconscious way of reducing anxiety by distorting perceptions of reality.






23. 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






24. Ability of the brain to change their experience - both structurally and chemically






25. Light-sensitive surface on back of eye containing rods and cones






26. Framework of basic ideas about people - objects and events based on past experience in long-term memory






27. In Piaget's view - a specific mental structure; an organized way of interacting with the environment and experiencing it- a generalization a child makes based on comparable occurences of various actins - usally physical - motor actions






28. Clues participants discover about the purpose of a study that suggest how they should respond






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






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






31. Individual cells that are the smallest unit of the nervous system; it has three functions: receive information - process it - send to rest of body






32. Communication of information through body positions and gestures.






33. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






34. 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






35. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ






36. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






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






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






39. Motivation that leads to behaviors engaged in for no apparent reward except the pleasure and satisfaction of the activity itself






40. Rehearsal involving repletion and analysis - in which a stimulus may be associated with (linked to) other information and further processed






41. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






42. Photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail in bright-light conditions; not present in peripheral vision






43. 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






44. Portion of the CNS above the spinal cord; consists of hindbrain - midbrain - and forebrain






45. The procedure of withholding the unconditioned stimulus and presenting the conditioned stimulus alone - which gradually reduces the probability of the conditioned response






46. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings






47. Any stimulus or event that is naturally painful or unpleasant to an organism






48. A state of consciousness that occurs during sleep - usually accompanied by vivid visual - tactile - or auditory imagery.






49. Freud's level of the mind that contains those experiences that are not currently conscious but may become so with varying degrees of difficulty.






50. Detailed memory for events surrounding a dramatic event that is vivid and remembered with confidence