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AP Psychology

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1. The tendency to recall information learned while in a particular physiological state most accurately when one is in that physiological state again






2. Anxiety disorders characterized as acute anxiety - accompanied by sharp increases in autonomic nervous system arousal - that is not triggered by a specific event.






3. Intelligence and learning - self-fulfilling prophecy; Study Basics: Researchers misled teachers into believing that certain students had higher IQs. Teachers changed own behaviors and effectively raised the IQ of the randomly chosen students






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






5. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






6. Decrease in likelihood that an intrinsically motivated task - after having been extrinsically rewarded - will be performed when the reward is no longer given.






7. Memory for skills - including perceptual - motor - and cognitive skills required to complete tasks






8. Fixed - overly simple and often erroneous ideas about traits - attitudes - and behaviors of groups of people; stereotypes assume that all members of a given group are alike.






9. People who can distinguish only two of the three basic colors.






10. Division that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body; includes all sensory and motor neurons; divided into somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






11. The more accurate recall of items presented at the beginning of a series






12. 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.






13. Drugs derived from the opium poppy - including opium - morphine - and heroin






14. A nonspecific improvement that occurs as a result of a person's expectations of change rather than as a direct result of any specific therapeutic treatment.






15. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think - therefore I am'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






16. The tendency of people in a group to seek concurrence with one another when reaching a decision - rather than effectively evaluating options.






17. Photoreceptors that detect black - white - and gray - and movement; used for vision in dim light






18. 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






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






20. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.






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






22. The inability to perceive different hues.






23. A test designed to predict a person's future performance






24. Learning; systematic desensitization






25. The process by which individuals lose their self-awareness and distinctive personality in the context of a group - which may lead them to engage in antinormative behavior.






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






27. The expression of genes






28. The third phase of the sexual response cycle - during which autonomic nervous system activity reaches its peak and muscle contractions occur in spasms throughout the body - but especially in the genital area






29. The entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles.






30. The behavior of individuals when confronted with a situation or task that requires insight or determination of some unknown elements.






31. Developed one of the first projective tests - the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story - the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject's commentary






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






33. Located in left temporal lobe; plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences

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34. The analysis of the meaning of language - especially of individual words.






35. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






36. The highness or lowness of a sound






37. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






38. Mental category used to classify an event or object according to some distinguishing property or feature.






39. A standard IQ test score whose mean and standard deviation remain constant for all ages






40. 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






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






42. 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.






43. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.






44. Memory a person is not aware of possessing






45. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat






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






47. Reinforcer that has survival value for an organism; this value does not have to be learned






48. In Roger's theory of personality - the perception an individual has of himself or herself and of his or her relationships to other people and to various aspects of life.






49. Special process of emotional attachment that may occur between parents and babies in the minutes and hours immediately after birth






50. Hormone backpacks in the regulation of blood sugar by acting in the utilization of carbohydrates; released by pancreas; too much-hypoglycemia - too little-diabetes