Bloomsburg Area High School

Aaron Beck"s view of depression

absolute threshold

achievement vs. aptitude tests

action vs. resting potential

acuity-vision

Afferent Neurons vs. Efferent Neurons

agonist vs. antagonist chemicals

Ainsworth Strange Situation (Paradigm)

Albert Bandura: major view on learning and Bobo Doll experiment

Albert Ellis - Rational Emotive Therapy (RET)

Alfred Adler - inferiority complex

algorithm

all-or-nothing law (all-or-none) of neural firing

altruism

American Psychological Association (APA)

amnesia (anteriograde & retrograde)

androgyny

apparent motion

arousal

Asch"s conformity study (line segments)

attachment

attribution theory

aversive conditioning (good or bad?)

aversive conditions

Babinsky response

behavior as being adaptive

bell curve (normal distribution)

Benjamin Worf"s theory of linguistic relativism (determinism)

binocular disparity

blind spot

blood brain barrier

brain: what part do we share with animals? How do we differ?

brainstorming

Broca"s aphasia (expressive) located in left frontal lobe

bystander intervention: factors that influence it

catharsis

Cannon"s critique of James-Lange theory

Carl Rogers: person (client) centered therapy

Carol Gilligan"s critique of Kohlberg"s theory

chaining

character disorders : major ones

chunking

classical conditioning ( & can you distinguish it from operant conditioning)

Clever Hans experiment

cognitive dissonance

color blindness: kinds

complementary colors

conflicts: four kinds

control group

Cooper"s research on visual processing (using cats)

correlation coefficients

cortexes of the brain : major ones

cross cultural studies

cross sectional studies

crystallized intelligence: acquired and usually does not decline with age

CS-CR-UCS-UCR

Daniel Goleman"s views on emotional intelligence

David McClelland"s achievement motivation studies

defense mechanisms: major ones

deindividuation

deinstitutionalization

dendrite (purpose of)

depression: trycyclic antidepressants are most widely used to treat it

descriptive vs. inferential statistics

determinism

developmental psychology

Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( purpose and limits)

difference threshold (jnd)

discrimination (in learning theory and race relations)

displacement

dissociative disorders

divergent vs. convergent thinking

dominant responses (aided by social facilitation)

Down"s syndrome

dream analysis

drives

Ebbinhaus" research on memory

echoic memory

effects of marijuana

eidetic memory

electroconvulsive shock therapy

Elizabeth Loftus" research on eyewitness testimony

endocrine organs and hormones secreted by them

endorphins

engram

episodic memory (a.k.a. flashbulb)

equity theory of relationships

Erik Erikson"s stages of psychosocial development

ethics of testing

Ethnocentrism

expectancy theory (aka mental set)

experiment: be able to design one

false consensus effect

feature (signal) detector cells: Hubel & Wisel"s research on visual processing

feature analysis

feral children

fetal alcohol syndrome: characteristics

figure - ground - phenomenon

Flynn effect

foot-in-the-door phenomenon

formal operations

fovea

Francis Galton"s research

free association

frequency polygon

Freudian dream analysis: two levels of interpretation

Freud"s stage of psychosexual development

frustration-aggression hypothesis

functional fixedness

fundamental attribution error

galvanic skin response (GRS)

ganglia

Gansfeld Procedure

Gate Control Theory of Pain

generalizability of a study

genotype & phenotype

Gestalt theory

glial cells

group therapy (advantages of )

groupthink

gustatory sense: detects only sweet, sour, salty, bitter

habituation

Hans Seyle"s General Adaptation Response

Haptic memory

Harry Harlow"s research with surrogate mothers

Hawthorne Effect

heuristics: major types

hierarchy of needs (Maslow) can you put them in order?

high vs. low self-monitors

hindsight bias

histogram

homeostasis

Howard Gardner"s view of multiple intelligence

hue: (British term for color)

hybrid

hypnosis: major theories of

hypothalamus

id, ego, superego

IDEAL (strategy for solving problems)

identical twin research

identification vs. internalization (Freudian terms)

illusory correlation

imaging techniques: PET, CAT, MRI, FMRI

imprinting

incentives

independent/dependent variables

induced motion

inductive vs. deductive reasoning

industrial (organizational) psychology

ingroup and outgroup bias

inner ear - vestibular sense

instinct

instrumental - operant conditioning

Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.)

intelligence tests (major kinds used)

interference (proactive vs. retroactive)

internal consistency reliability

internalization

intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation

James-Lange theory of emotions

John Garcia"s ideas on the limits of conditioning

just-world phenomenon

Karen Horney"s views on development

kinesthetics

Kohlberg"s stages of moral reasoning

Kubler Ross" stages of dying

L-dopa

learning curve

limbic system: structures and function

linear perspective

linkage analysis

lithium (bi-polar disorders)

localization of sound (how is it done? Why are two ears needed?)

long term potentiation

longitudinal study

loss of information from short term memory

major neurotransmitters

Martin Seligman"s "learned helplessness"

measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode

measures of variability: range and standard deviation

memory: kinds ( sensory, short-term, long-term)

mental age

mental set

metacognition

method of loci

milieu therapy

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Test: use for what?

misinformation effect

modeling

monocular vs. binocular depth cues

motion aftereffect

motion parallax

myelin sheath: where and purpose?

narcissism

nature vs. nurture controversy

nervous system: major parts

neuron: three basic parts

neurotransmitters: major kinds

newborn baby reflexes

next-in-line-effect

normative social influence

norms

novelty preference

obesity (role of hypothalamus)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)

occipital lobe

Oedipal conflict

one eye problem - what you couldn"t do well if you had only one eye

operationalizing a definition

opponent-process theory of emotions

opponent-process theory of visual processing (afterimages)

optic disc

optic nerve

Optimistic Explanatory Style

pancreas

panic attacks (& what"s the best treatment?)

paradoxical sleep: why is REM called this?

paresis

perceptual constancy (size,color,shape)

perceptual set

personal space

perspectives in psychology (major ones)

phenylketonuria (PKU)

phi phenomenon

phonemes vs. morphemes

photoreceptors

Piaget"s stages of cognitive development

pineal gland (function and what makes it unique?)

pitch

pituitary gland

plasticity

positive and negative symptoms (in mental disorders)

positive reinforcement

post traumatic stress disorder

Premack principle

primacy effect

primary vs. secondary reinforcers

projective tests: TAT & Rorschach

prosocial behavior: what is it and give an example

proximity (effects on relationships)

prototype

punishment: why it may not be effective and might backfire

Rational Emotive Therapy

reality principle (function of ego)

recessive vs. dominant genes

reflex arc

reliability vs. validity in testing

REM sleep

repression

reticular formation: related to sleep, arousal, attention

retinal disparity (a.k.a. binocular disparity)

Robert Rescorla"s findings on conditioning

rods and cones (structures & differences)

rooting reflex

sample

scatterplot: most often used to plot correlations

schedules of reinforcement (5 kinds - which are most effective?)

schema

schizophrenia

selective attention

self-efficacy

self-fulfilling prophecy

self-serving bias

semantic memory

serial position effect

set point

sexual characteristics (primary vs. secondary)

sexual identity vs. gender identity

shaping

signal detection theory

sleep disorders: major kinds

sleeper effect

social cognitive theory

social exchange theory

social facilitation

social loafing

social trap

somatoform disorders: major kinds

somatosensory cortex: location and used for what sense?

stages of learning (acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, etc.)

standard deviation

Stanley Milgram"s experiement with obedience

Stanley Schachter"s Two Factor Theory

stereotype

stimulus generalization

stranger anxiety

syllogism

systematic desensitization: a.k.a. a kind of counterconditioning

Tay-Sachs disease

testable hypothesis

thalamus (& what sense doesn"t get routed through here?)

Thorndike"s Law of Effect

thyroid gland

tip-of-the-tongue effect

token economy

Tourette"s syndrome

tragedy of the commons

transduction

Turner"s syndrome (X with missing chromosome)

two kinds of deafness: Conductive and nerve

validity: different kinds

vestibular sense

visual cliff

water balance (role of hypothalamus)

Weber"s law

Wernicke"s aphasia (receptive) located in left temporal lobe

Wilder Penfield"s research on the brain

Wilhelm Wundt (structualism)

William James (functionalism)

Yerkes/Dodson Arousal Law

Zajonc"s "Mere Expose Effect"

Zimbardo"s prison experiment