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AP Psychology

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






2. A system of learned attitudes about social practices - instituations - and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong - good or bad






3. A type of research design that compares individuals of different ages to determine how they differ on an important dimension






4. Theory that holds that an observer's perception depends not only on the intensity of a stimulus but also on the observer's motivation - the criteria he or she sets for determining that a signal is present - and on the background noise.






5. Social psychology; research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; doll experiments-black children chose white dolls






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






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






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






9. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






10. A therapy that is based on the application of learning principles to human behavior and that focuses on changing overt behaviors rather than on understanding subjective feelings - unconscious processes - or motivations; also known as behavior modific






11. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.






12. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued






13. Period of development from conception until birth






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






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






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






17. Area of the brain that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors such as - eating - drinking - sexual behaviors - motivation; also body temperature






18. 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'






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






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






21. Control emotional behaviors - make decisions - carry out plans; speech (Broca's area); controls movement of muscles






22. 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.






23. Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus - by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response - comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning






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






25. Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives






26. Did study in which healthy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and diagnoses with schizophrenia; showed that once you are diagnosed with a disorder - the label - even when behavior indicates otherwise - is hard to overcome in a mental hea






27. A social need that directs a person to strive constantly for excellence and success






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






29. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






30. A highly detailed description of a single individual or a vent






31. Learning; systematic desensitization






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






33. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






34. Social psychology; bystander apathy - diffusion of responsibility






35. Terminal button - synaptic knob; the structure at the end of an excellent terminal branch; houses the synaptic vesicles and neurotransmitters






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






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






38. A type of design that contrasts groups of people who differ on some variable of interest to the researcher.






39. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






40. Graph of a frequency distribution that shows the number of instances of obtained scores - usually with the data points connect by straight lines






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






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






43. A return to a prior stage after a person has progressed through the various stages of development; caused by anxiety.






44. Use of techniques and ideas from a variety of approaches






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






46. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics






47. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.






48. 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






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






50. A mass of tissue that is attached to the wall f the uterus and connected to the developing fetus by the umbilical cord; it supplies nutrients and eliminates waste products