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AP Psychology
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1. The process of dividing the world into 'in' groups and 'out' groups.
parietal lobes
Conformity
Kenneth Clark
Social Categorization
2. A basic unit of meaning in a language.
Morpheme
Edward Bradford Titchener
Wechsler intelligence tests
representative sample
3. Observed group differences based on the era when people were born and grew up - exposing them to particular experiences that may affect the results of cross-sectional studies
set point
pituitary gland
Law of Effect
cohort effect
4. The situation that occurs when the drug becomes part of the body's functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued
Dependence
token economy
Robert Sternberg
moral development
5. A cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes the importance of logical - rational thought processes.
Rational-emotive therapy
retrograde amnesia
Primary Reinforcer
afferent neuron nerve
6. Established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS); also WISC and WPPSI
sympathetic nervous system
Psychodynamically
Agoraphobia
David Weschler
7. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle
placebo effect
pineal gland
Little Albert
Howard Gardner
8. Study that focuses on biological foundations of behavior and mental processes; overlaps with neuroscience
psychobiology
crystallized intelligence
fraternal twins
normal distribution
9. Devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic - spatial - bodily-kinesthetic - intrapersonal - linguistic - musical - interpersonal - naturalistic
Howard Gardner
Theory of mind
Percentile score
Disorganized type of schizophrenia
10. The strong emotional tie that a person feels toward special other persons in his or her life
retrograde amnesia
Hobson & McCarley
Attachment
efferent neuron nerve
11. Structure behind pupil that changes shape to focus light rays onto the retina
Algorithm
Divergent thinking
lens
participant
12. Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth - high standards for behavior - explanation and consistent enforcement of rules - and inclusion of children in decision making
authoritative parenting
retrieval
ESP
Aggression
13. Electrically charged particles found both inside and outside a neuron; negative ions are found inside the cell membrane in a polarized neuron
retroactive interference
monism
double-blind procedure
ions
14. 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
antagonist
Blood-Brain Barrier
nature
Fixed-interval Schedule
15. Behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence
Paranoid type of schizophrenia
Edward Thorndike
human genomes
Unconditioned Response
16. 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
Substance Abuser
Halo effect
(cerebral) cortex
Carol Gilligan
17. Personality assessment; created the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan - stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances
Ekman & Friesen
Unconditioned Stimulus
Prosocial Behavior
Henry Murray
18. Psychologist who treats people serious psychological problems or conducts research into the causes of behavior
Placebo effect
autonomic nervous system
clinical psychologist
Ivan Pavlov
19. The negative response evoked when there is an inconsistency between a person's self-image as being free to choose and the person's realization that someone is trying to force him or her to choose a particular occurrence.
retrograde amnesia
Lucid Dream
Reactance
mode
20. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next
synaptic cleft
Intelligence
psychoanalytic
parathyroid
21. Member of a gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait
action potential
dominant genes
Subliminal perception
fluid intelligence
22. 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
Morality
retrograde amnesia
Rationalization
norepinephrine
23. A person's belief about whether he or she can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior.
Self-efficacy
Symptom substitution
Edward Bradford Titchener
Robert Yerkes
24. 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
Withdrawal Symptoms
psychoanalytic
Brainstorming
Morpheme
25. Psychologist who treats people with adjustment problems
counseling psychologist
Hallucinogens (AKA psychedelic drugs)
Anal Stage
case study
26. Professional who studies behavior and uses behavioral principles in scientific research or in applied settings
Bystander Effect
motive
Algorithm
psychologist
27. Seeing mind and body as two different things that interact
dualism
Darley & Latane
Trait
Walter B. Cannon
28. Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote 'Peri Psyches' ('About the Mind').
Aristotle
Symptom substitution
Fixed-interval Schedule
Howard Gardner
29. An aroused condition that directs people to behave in ways that allow them to feel good about themselves and others and to establish and maintain relationships
Attachment
Social Need
Group Polarization
Carol Gilligan
30. Process of evaluating individual differences among human beings by means of tests interviews - observations - and recordings of physiological.
Latent Learning
Fixation
Id
Assessment
31. A sample of individuals who match the population with whom they are being compared with regard to key variables such as socioeconomic status and age
Representative sample
Self-efficacy
Trait
computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
32. Removal of a stimulus after a particular response to increase the likelihood that the response will recur
ethics
Negative Reinforcement
Optic chiasm
Object permanence
33. The proportion of variation among individuals that is due to genetic causes
Sublimation
heritability
Transference
Martin Seligman
34. An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat - a distorted body image - and an intense fear of being fat
Anorexia Nervosa
Walter B. Cannon
Latent Content
Free association
35. A person's inherited traits - determined by genetics
nature
Manifest Content
engineering psychologist
Latency Stage
36. Forcible sexual assault on an unwilling partner.
Decentration
Rape
Depressive disorders
Receptive fields
37. A basic or minimum unit of sound in a language.
cochlea
Robert Zajonc
Resolution Phase
Phoneme
38. The sense of hearing
unconscious
audition
sympathetic nervous system
Model
39. The period of extending from the onset of puberty to early adulthood
Working through
Adolescence
Psychotherapy
opponent-process theory of emotion
40. Social psychology; Stanford Prison Study; college students were randomly assigned to roles of prisoners or guards in a study that looked at who social situations influence behavior; showed that peoples' behavior depends to a large extent on the roles
Vulnerability
Phillip Zimbardo
dopamine
Masters & Johnson
41. Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Resolution Phase
Karl Wernicke
Grasping reflex
42. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; can replicate or reproduce itself; made of genes
Temperament
DNA
informed consent
Arousal
43. Developmental psychology; 'visual cliff' studies with infants
Backward search
difference threshold
Gibson & Walk
axon
44. A counterconditioning technique in which an aversive or noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus with the undesirable behavior.
Decentration
Aversive counterconditioning
Lucid Dream
psychologist
45. Constructed by Lewis Terman - originally used ratio IQ (MA/CA x 100); now based on deviation from mean
Preoperational stage
Stanford-Binet intelligence tests
Schema
brain
46. The more accurate recall of items presented at the end of a series
recency effect
transfer appropriate processing
placebo
Extinction (operant conditioning)
47. Division which includes the cerebellum - Pons - and medulla; responsible for involuntary processes: blood pressure - body temperature - heart rate - breathing - sleep cycles
Schema
hindbrain
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
declarative memory
48. Sleep/dreams/consciousness; pioneers of Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams; sleep studies that indicate the brain creates dream states - not information processing or Freudian interpretations
top-down processing
Hobson & McCarley
genotype
Drive
49. Behavior targeted at individuals or groups and intended to hold them apart and treat them differently.
Discrimination
Stressor
glial cells
David McClelland
50. Sense of smell
olfaction
hormone
David Weschler
Ideal Self