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AP Psychology

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






2. Studies psychological development across the lifespan






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






4. Intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative)






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






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






7. In psychology - the techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and mental processes






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






9. A design in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship






10. Any readily identifiable stable quality that characterizes how an individual differs from other individuals.






11. Defense mechanism by which people redirect socially unacceptable impulses toward acceptable goals.






12. Typically a pill that is used as a control in the experiment; a sugar pill






13. behaviorism; pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons






14. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






15. Chemical secreted at terminal button that causes the neuron on the other side of the synapse to fire






16. The cessation of the ability to reproduce






17. A donut ring-shaped of loosely connected structures located in the forebrain between the central core and cerebral hemispheres; consists of: septum - cingulate gyrus - endowments - hypothalamus - and to campus - and amygdala; associated with emotions






18. All of the individuals in the group to which a study applies






19. The lightness or darkness of reflected light - determined in large part by the light's intensity.






20. Process by which a conditioned response becomes associated with a stimulus that is similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus






21. Technique in which neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment know in what group to participate is involved






22. Studies that estimate the hereditability of a trait by breeding animals with another animal that has the same trait






23. Any therapy that attempts to discover relationships between unconscious motivations and current abnormal behavior.






24. Perspective that defines psychology as the study of behavior that is directly observable or through assessment instruments






25. An observable action






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






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






28. Rapid voluntary movements of the eyes.






29. Subfield concerned with the use of psychological ideas and principles to enhance health - prevent illness - diagnose and treat disease - and improve rehabilitation






30. Large band of white neural fibers that connects to to brain hemispheres and carries messages between them; myelinated; involved in intelligence - consciousness - and self-awareness; does it reach full maturity until 20s






31. 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






32. Creates a computerized image using a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves






33. In emerging Theo psychology that focuses on positive experiences; includes subjective well-being - self-determination - the relationship between positive emotions and physical health - and the factors that allow individuals - communities - and societ






34. Reflex in which a newborn strectches out the arms and legs and cries in response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment






35. The most frequently occurring score in a set of data






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






37. Cell that sends messages to brain or spinal cord from other parts of the body; also called sensory neurons






38. 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.






39. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a specified interval of time - provided that the required response occurs at least once in the interval






40. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






41. Intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly correlated - concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled 'g' (general ability)






42. Number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time; determines hue of light and the pitch of a sound






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






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






45. In Freud's theory - the moral aspect of mental functioning comprising the ego ideal (what a person would ideally like to be) and the conscience and taught by parents and society.






46. 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






47. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






48. Railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function






49. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






50. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.