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  1. 1. THE STUDY OF PARANORMAL PHENOMENA, INCLUDING ESP AND PSYCHOKINESIS
  2. 5. THE LOSS OF SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-RESTRAINT OCCURRING IN GROUP SITUATIONS THAT FOSTER AROUSAL AND ANONYMITY.
  3. 6. ASSIGNING PARTICIPANTS TO EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS BY CHANCE, THUS MINIMIZING PREEXISTING DIFFERENCES BE- TWEEN THOSE ASSIGNED TO THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
  4. 9. ACCORDING TO FREUD, A RESERVOIR OF MOSTLY UNACCEPTABLE THOUGHTS, WISHES, FEELINGS, AND MEMORIES. ACCORDING TO CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGISTS, INFORMATION PROCESSING OF WHICH WE ARE UNAWARE.
  5. 10. THE PERIOD OF SEXUAL MATURATION, DURING WHICH A PERSON BE- COMES CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING.
  6. 12. THE LARGE BAND OF NEURAL FIBERS CONNECTING THE TWO BRAIN HEMISPHERES AND CARRYING MESSAGES BETWEEN THEM.
  7. 13. THE MINIMUM DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO STIMULI REQUIRED FOR DETECTION 50 PERCENT OF THE TIME. WE EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD AS A JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (OR JND).
  8. 17. A STUDY IN WHICH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES ARE COMPARED WITH ONE ANOTHER.
  9. 20. BEGINNING AT ABOUT 4 MONTHS, THE STAGE OF SPEECH DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH THE INFANT SPONTANEOUSLY UTTERS VARIOUS SOUNDS AT FIRST UNRELATED TO THE HOUSEHOLD LANGUAGE.
  10. 21. IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, AN UN- LEARNED, NATURALLY OCCURRING RESPONSE (SUCH AS SALIVATION) TO AN UN- CONDITIONED STIMULUS (US) (SUCH AS FOOD IN THE MOUTH).
  11. 23. EARLY SPEECH STAGE IN WHICH A CHILD SPEAKS LIKE A TELEGRAM—“GO CAR”—USING MOSTLY NOUNS AND VERBS.
  12. 25. TISSUE DESTRUCTION. A BRAIN LESION IS A NATURALLY OR EXPERIMENTALLY CAUSED DESTRUCTION OF BRAIN TISSUE.
  13. 26. THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING NEW AND RELATIVELY ENDURING INFORMATION OR BEHAVIORS.
  14. 28. A PSYCHOSURGICAL PROCEDURE ONCE USED TO CALM UNCONTROLLABLY EMOTIONAL OR VIOLENT PATIENTS. THE PROCEDURE CUT THE NERVES CONNECTING THE FRONTAL LOBES TO THE EMOTION-CONTROLLING CENTERS OF THE INNER BRAIN
  15. 30. THE POST EXPERIMENTAL EXPLANATION OF A STUDY, INCLUDING ITS PURPOSE AND ANY DECEPTIONS, TO ITS PARTICIPANTS.
  16. 34. THE FIRST MENSTRUAL PERIOD.
  17. 36. TREATMENT INVOLVING PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CONSISTS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A TRAINED THERAPIST AND SOMEONE SEEKING TO OVERCOME PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES OR ACHIEVE PERSONAL GROWTH.
  18. 40. THE ADJUSTABLE OPENING IN THE CENTER OF THE EYE THROUGH WHICH LIGHT ENTERS.
  19. 41. THE TRANSPARENT STRUCTURE BEHIND THE PUPIL THAT CHANGES SHAPE TO HELP FOCUS IMAGES ON THE RETINA.
  20. 43. RESULTING FROM ONE’S WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT OTHERS’ OPINIONS ABOUT REALITY.
  21. 46. THE MIDDLE SCORE IN A DISTRIBUTION; HALF THE SCORES ARE ABOVE IT AND HALF ARE BELOW IT.
  22. 48. THE TENDENCY TO BE MORE CONFIDENT THAN CORRECT TO OVERESTIMATE THE ACCURACY OF OUR BELIEFS AND JUDGMENTS.
  23. 49. THE STUDY OF THE RELATIVE POWER AND LIMITS OF GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON BEHAVIOR.
  24. 52. DECREASING RESPONSIVENESS WITH REPEATED STIMULATION. AS INFANTS GAIN FAMILIARITY WITH REPEATED EXPOSURE TO A VISUAL STIMULUS, THEIR INTEREST WANES AND THEY LOOK AWAY SOONER.
  25. 53. ALLEVIATING STRESS USING EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, OR BEHAVIORAL METHODS.
  26. 55. AN EVENT THAT TENDS TO DECREASE THE BEHAVIOR THAT IT FOLLOWS.
  27. 60. IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, THE INFLUENCE OF BODILY SENSATIONS, GESTURES, AND OTHER STATES ON COGNITIVE PREFERENCES AND JUDGMENTS
  28. 63. THE NEURON EXTENSION THAT PASSES MESSAGES THROUGH ITS BRANCHES TO OTHER NEURONS OR TO MUSCLES OR GLANDS.
  29. 64. NEURONS THAT CARRY INCOMING INFORMATION FROM THE SENSORY RECEPTORS TO THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
  30. 65. A MEASURE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH TWO FACTORS VARY TOGETHER, AND THUS OF HOW WELL EITHER FACTOR PREDICTS THE OTHER.
  31. 66. ENCODING SEMANTICALLY, BASED ON THE MEANING OF THE WORDS; TENDS TO YIELD THE BEST RETENTION.
  32. 67. THE TIME OF NATURAL CESSATION OF MENSTRUATION; ALSO REFERS TO THE BIOLOGICAL CHANGES A WOMAN EXPERIENCES AS HER ABILITY TO RE- PRODUCE DECLINES.
  33. 68. OUR SENSE OF BEING MALE OR FEMALE.
  34. 69. GOAL-ORIENTED LEADERSHIP THAT SETS STANDARDS, ORGANIZES WORK, AND FOCUSES ATTENTION ON GOALS.
  35. 70. A SLEEP DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY UNCONTROLLABLE SLEEP AT- TACKS. THE SUFFERER MAY LAPSE DIRECTLY INTO REM SLEEP, OFTEN AT INOPPORTUNE TIMES.
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  1. 2. AN INNATELY REINFORCING STIMULUS, SUCH AS ONE THAT SATISFIES A BIOLOGICAL NEED.
  2. 3. THINKING THAT DOES NOT BLINDLY ACCEPT ARGUMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS. RATHER, IT EXAMINES ASSUMPTIONS, DISCERNS HIDDEN VALUES, EVALUATES EVIDENCE, AND ASSESSES CONCLUSIONS.
  3. 4. THE ENDURING BEHAVIORS, IDEAS, ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND TRADITIONS SHARED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND TRANSMITTED FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.
  4. 7. THE INTERPLAY THAT OCCURS WHEN THE EFFECT OF ONE FACTOR (SUCH AS ENVIRONMENT) DEPENDS ON ANOTHER FACTOR (SUCH AS HEREDITY).
  5. 8. FRIEDMAN AND ROSENMAN’S TERM FOR EASYGOING, RELAXED PEOPLE.UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD A CARING, ACCEPTING, NONJUDGMENTAL ATTITUDE, WHICH CARL ROGERS BELIEVED WOULD HELP CLIENTS TO DEVELOP SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE.
  6. 11. OUR ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE AND VERBAL SKILLS; TENDS TO INCREASE WITH AGE.
  7. 14. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF THE BRAIN ACTIVITY LINKED WITH COGNITION
  8. 15. THE EXTENT TO WHICH A TEST MEASURES OR PREDICTS WHAT IT IS SUP- POSED TO. (SEE ALSO CONTENT VALIDITY AND PREDICTIVE VALIDITY.)
  9. 16. A TYPE OF EXPOSURE THERAPY THAT ASSOCIATES A PLEASANT RELAXED STATE WITH GRADUALLY INCREASING ANXIETY-TRIGGERING STIMULI. COMMONLY USED TO TREAT PHOBIAS.
  10. 18. A TESTABLE PREDICTION, OFTEN IMPLIED BY A THEORY.
  11. 19. THE PERSISTENCE OF LEARNING OVER TIME THROUGH THE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION.
  12. 22. IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY, THE EGO’S PROTECTIVE METHODS OF REDUCING ANXIETY BY UNCONSCIOUSLY DISTORTING REALITY.
  13. 24. A VARIETY OF THERAPIES THAT AIM TO IMPROVE PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING BY INCREASING THE CLIENT’S AWARENESS OF UNDERLYING MOTIVES AND DEFENSES.
  14. 27. THE DIVISION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE BODY’S SKELETAL MUSCLES. ALSO CALLED THE SKELETAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
  15. 28. WHORF’S HYPOTHESIS THAT LANGUAGE DETERMINES THE WAY WE THINK.
  16. 29. AN ANXIETY DISORDER MARKED BY UNPREDICTABLE, MINUTES- LONG EPISODES OF INTENSE DREAD IN WHICH A PERSON EXPERIENCES TERROR AND ACCOMPANYING CHEST PAIN, CHOKING, OR OTHER FRIGHTENING SENSATIONS
  17. 31. THE CONCEPT THAT DISEASES, IN THIS CASE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS, HAVE PHYSICAL CAUSES THAT CAN BE DIAGNOSED, TREATED, AND, IN MOST CASES, CURED, OFTEN THROUGH TREATMENT IN A HOSPITAL.
  18. 32. MENTAL QUALITY CONSISTING OF THE ABILITY TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE, SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND USE KNOWLEDGE TO ADAPT TO NEW SITUATIONS.
  19. 33. A STATISTICAL INDEX OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO THINGS
  20. 35. A MOMENTARY SENSORY MEMORY OF VISUAL STIMULI; A PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PICTURE-IMAGE MEMORY LASTING NO MORE THAN A FEW TENTHS OF A SECOND.
  21. 37. THE BASE OF THE BRAINSTEM; CONTROLS HEARTBEAT AND BREATHING.
  22. 38. A PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED TO USE A DRUG, SUCH AS TO RELIEVE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS.
  23. 39. THE PROCESSING OF MANY ASPECTS OF A PROBLEM SIMULTANEOUSLY; THE BRAIN’S NATURAL MODE OF INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR MANY FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING VISION. CONTRASTS WITH THE STEP-BY-STEP (SERIAL) PROCESSING OF MOST COMPUTERS AND OF CONSCIOUS PROBLEM SOLVING.
  24. 42. IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, THE LEARNED ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A CONDITIONED STIMULUS AND STIMULI THAT DO NOT SIGNAL AN UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS.
  25. 43. RECURRING PROBLEMS IN FALLING OR STAYING ASLEEP.
  26. 44. A CONDITION OF LIMITED MENTAL ABILITY, INDICATED BY AN INTELLIGENCE SCORE OF 70 OR BELOW AND DIFFICULTY IN ADAPTING TO THE DEMANDS OF LIFE; VARIES FROM MILD TO PROFOUND. (FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS MENTAL RETARDATION.)
  27. 45. IN PIAGET’S THEORY, THE STAGE (FROM ABOUT 2 TO ABOUT 6 OR 7 YEARS OF AGE) DURING WHICH A CHILD LEARNS TO USE LANGUAGE BUT DOES NOT YET COMPREHEND THE MENTAL OPERATIONS OF CONCRETE LOGIC.
  28. 47. THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY IN A LIGHT OR SOUND WAVE, WHICH WE PERCEIVE AS BRIGHTNESS OR LOUDNESS, AS DETERMINED BY THE WAVE’S AMPLITUDE.
  29. 50. AN ETHICAL PRINCIPLE THAT RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS BE TOLD ENOUGH TO ENABLE THEM TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE.
  30. 51. AN ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT CREATED WHEN TWO OR MORE ADJACENT LIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF IN QUICK SUCCESSION.
  31. 54. A COMPLEX BEHAVIOR THAT IS RIGIDLY PATTERNED THROUGHOUT ALL SPECIES AND IS UNLEARNED.
  32. 56. A TECHNIQUE THAT USES MAGNETIC FIELDS AND RADIO WAVES TO PRODUCE COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGES OF SOFT TISSUE.
  33. 57. THE JUNCTION BETWEEN THE AXON TIP OF THE SENDING NEURON AND THE DENDRITE OR CELL BODY OF THE RECEIVING NEURON. THE TINY GAP AT THIS JUNCTION IS CALLED THE SYNAPTIC GAP OR SYNAPTIC CLEFT.
  34. 58. A MEASURE OF INTELLIGENCE TEST PERFORMANCE DEVISED BY BINET; THE CHRONOLOGICAL AGE THAT MOST TYPICALLY CORRESPONDS TO A GIVEN LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE. THUS, A CHILD WHO DOES AS WELL AS THE AVERAGE 8-YEAR-OLD IS SAID TO HAVE A MENTAL AGE OF 8.
  35. 59. THE PRINCIPLE THAT, TO BE PERCEIVED AS DIFFERENT, TWO STIMULI MUST DIFFER BY A CONSTANT MINIMUM PERCENTAGE (RATHER THAN A CONSTANT AMOUNT).
  36. 61. THE MODE OF THINKING THAT OCCURS WHEN THE DESIRE FOR HARMONY IN A DECISION-MAKING GROUP OVERRIDES A REALISTIC APPRAISAL OF ALTERNATIVES.
  37. 62. A SAMPLE THAT FAIRLY REPRESENTS A POPULATION BECAUSE EACH MEMBER HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE OF INCLUSION.