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AP Psychology

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1. The sense of hearing






2. A mechanism that prevents certain molecule from entering the brain but allows others to cross






3. A test score that has not been transformed or converted in any way






4. 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






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






6. The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional causes but to attribute one's own behavior to situational causes.






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 purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






9. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






10. Explanations of behavior that focus on people's expectations about reaching a goal and their need for achievement as energizing factors






11. Subfield of psychology that focuses on the relationship between physical stimuli and people's conscious experiences of them.






12. In psychoanalysis - an unwillingness to cooperate - which a patient signals by showing a reluctance to provide the therapist with information or to help the therapist understand or interpret a situation.






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






14. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






15. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






16. Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next






17. Unwillingness to help exhibited by witnesses to an event - which increase when there are more observers.






18. 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






19. Part of the limbic system and is involved in learning and forming new long-term memories






20. Any neutral stimulus that initially has no intrinsic value for an organism but that becomes rewarding when linked with a primary reinforcer






21. A schizophrenic disorder in which the person exhibits inappropriate affect - illogical thinking - and/or eccentric behavior but seems generally in touch with reality.






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






23. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






24. Performs initial encoding; provides brief storage; also called sensory register






25. Humanistic psychology; Contributions: founded client-centered therapy - theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth - unconditional positive regard -






26. People who can perceive all three primary colors and thus can distinguish any hue.






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






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






29. Process of repeatedly verbalizing - thinking about - or otherwise acting on or transforming information in order to keep that information active in memory






30. Repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation






31. Studies of hereditability it be a behavioral traits using animals that have been inbred to produce strains that are genetically similar to one another






32. Shifts or exaggeration in group members' attitudes or behavior as a result of group discussion.






33. One who uses psychoanalysis to treat psychological problems






34. An analogy or a perspective that uses a structure from one field to help scientists describe data in another field






35. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






36. Light sensitive cells (rods and cones) that convert light to electrochemical impulses






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






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






39. Subject in John Watson's experiment - proved classical conditioning principles - especially the generalization of fear






40. Trait theory of personality; 3 levels of traits: cardinal - central - and secondary






41. 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.






42. Study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psychobiology






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






44. The percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.






45. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






46. The tendency of one person to evaluate another person (or a symbol or image of another person) in a positive way.






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






48. A system of symbols - usually words - that convey meaning and a set of rules for combining symbols to generate an infinite number of messages.






49. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






50. Motor sensory relay center for four of the five senses; and with a brain stem and composed of two egg-shaped structures; integrates in shades incoming sensory signals; Mnemonic-'don't smell the llamas because the llamas smell bad'