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AP Psychology

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






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






3. A collection of interrelated ideas and facts put forward to describe - explain - and predict behavior and mental processes






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






5. When the neuron is at rest; condition of neuron when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of Enron; is necessary to generate the neuron signal in release of this polarization






6. The creation of a situation that unintentionally allows personal expectancies to influence participants






7. Process in which the sense organs' receptor cells are stimulated and relay initial information to higher brain centers for further processing.






8. Loss of memory of events and experiences that preceded an amnesia-causing event






9. A basic unit of meaning in a language.






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






11. Intelligence - comparative; Yerkes-Dodson law: level of arousal as related to performance






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






13. Jung's theory of a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images that are inherited ideas and images - called archetypes - are emotionally charged and rich in meaning and symbolism






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






15. Selective reinforcement of behaviors that gradually approach the desired response






16. Depth cues that are based on two eyes






17. We determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal - then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal






18. The human need to fulfill one's potential






19. The measure of central tendency that is the data point with 50% of the scores above it and 50% below it






20. Statistical procedure designed to discover the independent elements (factors) in any set of data






21. Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging






22. The second level of the three organizational structures of the brain that receives signals from other parts of the brain or spinal cord and either relays the information to other parts of the brain or causes the body to act immediately; involved in m






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






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






25. Personality; theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) - mesomorphic (average) - and ectomorphic (skinny)






26. The genetically determined proportion of a trait's variation among individuals in a population






27. Substance that can produce developmental malformations (birth defects) during the prenatal period






28. Early-emerging and long-lasting individual differences in disposition and in the intensity and especially the quality of emotional reactions






29. Psychotherapeutic process in which several people meet as a group with a therapist to receive psychological help.






30. Point at which half of the optic nerve fibers from each eye cross over and connect to the other side of the brain.






31. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






32. A situation in which an individual is given two different and inconsistent messages.






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






34. Motivation; believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach - was the sole basis for hunger; did research that inserted balloons in stomachs






35. Small opeing in iris that is smaller in bright light and larger in darkness






36. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles






37. Creates a computerized image using x-rays passed through the brain






38. Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information - usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.






39. A chart or array of scores - usually arranged from highest to lowest - showing the number of instances for each score






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






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






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






43. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






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






45. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






46. Stage of sleep characterized by high-frequency - low-amplitude brain-wave activity - rapid and systematic eye movements - more vivid dreams - and postural muscle paralysis






47. Period of development from conception until birth






48. Process of developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test and for establishing norms






49. An interdisciplinary area of study that includes behavioral - neurological - and immune factors and their relationship to the development of disease






50. Ability to recognize that objects can e transformed in some way - visually or phycially - yet still be the same in number - weight - substance - or volume