Unit 4 AP Psychology

2. a set of expectations about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
5. a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved
7. Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
9. the body’s resting rate of energy output
14. a theory of death related anxiety; explores people’s emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impeding
16. passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals
17. the point at which your weight thermostat may be set
18. a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it
19. focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development

1. the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
3. a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each pursuing their self-interest rather than the good of the group, become caught in mutually destructive behavior
4. deliberate social exclusion of individuals or groups
6. unselfish regard for the welfare of others
8. all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves
10. understood rules for accepted and expected behavior
11. the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point, beyond which performance decreases
12. a generalized belief about a group of people
13. one’s sense of competence and effectiveness
15. feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events