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AP Psychology

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1. The way words and groups of words combine to form phrases - clauses - and sentences.






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






3. Did work on short-term memory






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






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






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






7. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






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






9. 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.






10. Social Psychology; Helping behavior - personal responsibility; studied the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and helping behavior






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






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






13. Behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness - impatience - hostility - and constant efforts to do more in less time






14. The sense of hearing






15. One of the descriptive methods of research; it requires construction of a set of questions to administer to a group of participants






16. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






17. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






18. Approximate distribution of scores expected when a sample is taken from a large population - drawn as a frequency polygon that often takes the form of a bell-shaped curve - called the normal curve






19. Focuses on psychological factors in illness






20. Threadlike structure within the nucleus of cells that contain genes






21. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






22. Processes sensory information including touch - temperature - and pain from other body parts






23. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






24. Relatively permanent change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in the environment






25. Released by thyroid; hormone that regulates the body's metabolism; OVERACTIVE-over-excitability - insomnia - reduced attention span - fatigue - snap decisions - reduced concentration (hyperthyroidism); UNDERACTIVE-desire to sleep - constantly tired -






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






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






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






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






30. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






31. Conscious experience of emnotion results from one's awareness of physiological arousal






32. 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)






33. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






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






35. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






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






37. Moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication






38. The process of maintaining or keeping information readily available; the locations where information is held






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






40. Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)






41. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






42. A schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type.






43. Neutral stimulus that - through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus - begins to elicit a conditioned response






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






45. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






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






47. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior






48. Afferent neurons; neurons that carry messages from sensory organs to the brain and spinal cords






49. Developmental psychology;: social development & processing - effects of appearance on behavior - origin of social stereotypes - sex/love/intimacy - facial expression






50. 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.