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AP Psychology

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1. Development - contact comfort - attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire 'mothers;' showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort






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






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






4. Main area for hearing - understanding language (Wernicke's area) - understanding music; smell






5. Freud's third stage of personality development - from about age 4 through age 7 - during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.






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






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






8. An understanding of mental states such as feelings - desires - beliefs - and intentions and of the causal role they play in human behavior






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






10. Psychoanalytic technique in which a person is asked to report to the therapist his or her thoughts and feelings as they occur - regardless of how trivial - illogical - or objectionable their content may appear.






11. 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






12. The first phase of the sexual response cycle during which there are increases in heart rate blood pressure and respiration






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






14. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






15. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






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. A white - fatty covering of the axon which speeds transmission of message






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






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






20. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






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






22. Focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place






23. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






24. The variable in a controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study will be affected






25. Mood disorder originally know as manic-depressive disorder because it is characterized by behavior that vacillates between two extremes; mania and depression.






26. Stimulus that normally produces a measurable involuntary response






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






28. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






29. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions - rather - they are involved in higher mental processes such as thinking - planning - and communicating






30. The ability to perceive - express - understand - and regulate emotions






31. Behavior characterized as atypical - socially unacceptable - distressing to the individual or others - maladaptive - and/or the result of distorted cognitions






32. A feature of thought and problem solving that includes the tendency to generate or recognize ideas considered to be high-quality - original - novel - and appropriate.






33. The process of changing a short-term memory to a long-term one






34. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes






35. A group of participants who are assumed to be representative of the population about which an inference is being made






36. When a researcher's expectations unknowingly create a situation that affects the results






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






38. 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






39. Sets of strategies - rather than strict rules - that act as guidelines for discovery-oriented problem solving.






40. A research technique in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the control and experimental groups.






41. A definition of a variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to measure or study that variable






42. General set of procedures used to summarize - condense - and describe sets of data






43. A procedure in which a researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect statement






44. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh






45. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






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






47. Neurotransmitter that inhibits firing of neurons; linked with Huntington's disease






48. An unscientific system which pretends to discover psychological information that his means are unscientific or deliberately fraudulent






49. Freud's fourth stage of personality development - from about age 7 until puberty - during which sexual urges are inactive.






50. Focuses on methods of acquiring and analyzing data