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  1. 4. A COMPLEX MOLECULE CONTAINING THE GENETIC INFORMATION THAT MAKES UP THE CHROMOSOMES.
  2. 7. A TYPE OF LEARNING IN WHICH BEHAVIOR IS STRENGTHENED IF FOLLOWED BY A REINFORCER OR DIMINISHED IF FOLLOWED BY A PUNISHER.
  3. 10. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE IN WHICH BOTH THE RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS AND THE RESEARCH STAFF ARE IGNORANT (BLIND) ABOUT WHETHER THE RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS HAVE RECEIVED THE TREATMENT OR A PLACEBO. COMMONLY USED IN DRUG-EVALUATION STUDIES.
  4. 12. A NEUROTRANSMITTER’S REABSORPTION BY THE SENDING NEURON.
  5. 14. AN UNJUSTIFIABLE (AND USUALLY NEGATIVE) ATTITUDE TOWARD A GROUP AND ITS MEMBERS. PREJUDICE GENERALLY INVOLVES STEREOTYPED BELIEFS, NEGATIVE FEELINGS, AND A PREDISPOSITION TO DISCRIMINATORY ACTION.
  6. 15. THE RELATIVELY PERMANENT AND LIMITLESS STOREHOUSE OF THE MEMORY SYSTEM. INCLUDES KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCES.
  7. 16. A PROBLEM THAT CONSISTENTLY IMPAIRS SEXUAL AROUSAL OR FUNCTIONING.
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  1. 1. THE DIMINISHING OF A CONDITIONED RESPONSE; OCCURS IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING WHEN AN UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (US) DOES NOT FOLLOW A CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS); OCCURS IN OPERANT CONDITIONING WHEN A RESPONSE IS NO LONGER REINFORCED.
  2. 2. THE PERCEPTION THAT ONE IS WORSE OFF RELATIVE TO THOSE WITH WHOM ONE COMPARES ONESELF.
  3. 3. THE SUCCESS WITH WHICH A TEST PREDICTS THE BEHAVIOR IT IS DESIGNED TO PREDICT; IT IS ASSESSED BY COMPUTING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TEST SCORES AND THE CRITERION BEHAVIOR. (ALSO CALLED CRITERION- RELATED VALIDITY.)
  4. 5. THE CLOGGING OF THE VESSELS THAT NOURISH THE HEART MUSCLE; THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN MANY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
  5. 6. THE LARGELY CONSCIOUS, “EXECUTIVE” PART OF PERSONALITY THAT, ACCORDING TO FREUD, MEDIATES AMONG THE DEMANDS OF THE ID, SUPEREGO, AND REALITY. THE EGO OPERATES ON THE REALITY PRINCIPLE, SATISFYING THE ID’S DESIRES IN WAYS THAT WILL REALISTICALLY BRING PLEASURE RATHER THAN PAIN.
  6. 8. THE PRINCIPLE THAT ONE SENSE MAY INFLUENCE AN- OTHER, AS WHEN THE SMELL OF FOOD INFLUENCES ITS TASTE.
  7. 9. THE POINT AT WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL’S “WEIGHT THERMOSTAT” IS SUPPOSEDLY SET. WHEN THE BODY FALLS BELOW THIS WEIGHT, AN INCREASE IN HUNGER AND A LOWERED METABOLIC RATE MAY ACT TO RESTORE THE LOST WEIGHT.
  8. 11. IN PIAGET’S THEORY, THE PREOPERATIONAL CHILD’S DIFFICULTY TAKING ANOTHER’S POINT OF VIEW.
  9. 13. A MENTAL PREDISPOSITION TO PERCEIVE ONE THING AND NOT ANOTHER.