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AP Psychology

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1. 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






2. Tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard - the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged






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






4. Conflict that results from having to choose an alternative that has both attractive and unappealing aspects






5. Temporarily holds current or recent information for immediate or short-term use; Information is maintained for 20-30 seconds while active processing (e.g. - rehearsal) takes place






6. Perspective developed by freud - which assumes that psychological problems are the result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces of which a person might be unaware






7. Studies of hereditability on the assumption that if a gene influences a certain trait - close relatives should be more similar on that trait in distant relative






8. Achievement motivation; developed scoring system for TAT's use in assessing achievement motivation






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






10. Body sense of equilibrium and balance






11. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






12. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






13. Moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely diffe






14. The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect






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






16. Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons into the synapse






17. The degree to which a condition or traits shared two or more individuals or groups






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






19. The process by which the location of sound is determined






20. Sleep stage when the eyes move about - during which vivid dreams occur; brain very active but skeletal muscles paralyzed






21. The number of items a person can reproduce from short-term memory - usually consisting of one or two chunks






22. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.






23. Selection of a part of the population which mirrors the current demographics






24. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer(reward) is delivered after a specified number of responses has occurred






25. A process through which people receive information about the status of a physical system and use this feedback information to learn to control the activity of that system






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






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






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






29. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






30. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






31. Chemical that carries messages that travel through the bloodstream to help regulate bodily functions






32. Freud's level of mental life that consists of those experiences that we are aware of at any given time.






33. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






34. 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






35. Rules of proper and acceptable conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research






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






37. Social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication - self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students






38. Depressive disorder characterized by loss of interest in almost all of life's usual activities; a sad - hopeless - or discourage mood - sleep disturbance; loss of appetite; loss of energy; and feelings of unworthiness and guilt.






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






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






41. Sense of taste






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






43. Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is supposed to predict






44. Social psychological theory that states that people attempt to maintain stable - consistent interpersonal relationships in which the ratio of member's contributions is balanced.






45. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems






46. Type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes - frequent incoherence - disorganized behavior - and inappropriate affect.






47. A group of psychological disorders characterized by a lack of reality testing and by deterioration of social and intellectual functioning and personality beginning before age 45 and lasting at least 6 months






48. Presentation of a stimulus after a particular response in order to increase the likelihood that the response will recur






49. Three age individual IQ tests: WPPSI (children) - WISC (children) - WAIS (adults)






50. 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