Absolute threshold Accommodation Accommodation Acetylcholine Achievement test Acoustic encoding Acquisition Action potential Active listening Acuity Adaptation level phenomenon Adrenal glands Agonist Algorithm Alpha waves Alzheimer disease Amnesia Amphetamines Amygdala Angular Gyrus Anima Animus Anorexia nervosa Antagonist Antisocial Antisocial personality disorder Anxiety disorders Aphasia Aptitude test Assimilation Association areas Associative learning Attachment Attribution theory Automatic processing Autonomic nervous system Availability heuristic Aversive conditioning Avoidant Axon Babbling stage Barbiturates Basic trust Behavior therapy Behaviorism Belief bias Belief perseverance Big 5 Bipolar cells Bipolar I and II Blind spots Borderline Bottom up processing Brainstem Broca s area Bulimia nervosa Cannon Bard theory Case study Catharsis Central nervous system Cerebellum Cerebral cortex Chromosomes Chunking Circadian rhythm Classical conditioning Cochlea Cognition Cognitive dissonance theory Cognitive therapy Collective unconscious Collectivism Color constancy Concrete operational stage Conduction deafness Cones Confirmation bias Conformity Conservation Content validity Continuous reinforcer Control conditions Corpus callosum Correlation Correlation coefficient Counter conditioning CR Critical period Cross sectional study Crystallized intelligence CS CT Defense mechanism Deindividulization Delta waves Delusions Dendrite Dependent variable Depersonalization Depolarization Depressants Depth perception Discrimination Displacement Dissociation Dissociative disorders Dissociative identity disorder DNA Dopamine Double Y syndrome Double blind procedure Down syndrome Drive reduction theory DSM 4 Echoic memory Eclectic approach ECT EEG Effortful processing Ego Egocentrism Embryo Emotional intelligence Empirically derived test Encoding END OF PAGE 8 Endocrine Endorphins Eros Estrogen Evolutionary psychology Experiment Experimental condition Explicit memory External locus of control Extinction Extinction motivation Factor analysis False consensus effect Farsightedness Feature detectors Feel good do good phenomenon Fetal alcohol syndrome Fetus Fixation Fixation Fixed interval schedule Fixed ratio schedule Flashbulb memory Fluid intelligence Foot in the door phenomenon Formal operational stage Fovea Fovea Fragile X syndrome Framing Free association Frequency Frequency theory Frontal lobes Fugue Functional fixedness Fundamental attribution theory Ganglion cells Gate control theory Gender schema theory General adaptation syndrome GAS General intelligence g Generalization Genes Gestalt Gestalt therapy Ghrelin Glial Cells in the nervous system that support nourish and protect neurons Glial cells Glucose Glutamate Group polarization Groupthink Habituation Hallucination Hallucinogens Heritability Heuristic Hierarchy of needs Hindsight bias Hippocampus Histrionic Homeostasis Hormones Hue Hypnosis Hypomania Hypothalamus Hypothesis Iconic memory Id Identification Illusory correlation Implicit memory Imprinting Incentive Independent variables Ingroup bias Inner ear Insight Insomnia Instinct Insulin Intensity Internal locus of control Interneurons Intrinsic motivation IQ Iris James Lange theory Just word phenomenon Klinefelter s syndrome Latent content Lateral hypothalamus Law of effect Learned helplessness Lens Lesion Limbic system Linguistic relativity Lithium Lobotomy Long term memory Long term potentiation Longitudinal study LSD Major depression Mania Manifest content Mask persona Maturation MBTI Mean Median Medulla Menarche Mental retardation Mental set Meta analysis Metabolic rate Middle ear MMPI2 Mnemonics Mode Modeling Mood disorders Mood congruent memory Morpheme Motor cortex Motor neurons MRI Muller Lyer Myelin Narcissism Narcolepsy Natural selection Naturalistic observation Nearsightedness Negative reinforcement Nerve deafness Nervous system Neural networks A nerve cell the basic building block of the nervous system Neuron Neurotic Neurotransmitters Night terrors Norepinephrine Normal curve NS Object permanence Occipital lobes OCD Oedipus complex One word stage Operant conditioning Operational definition Opiates Opponent process theory Optic nerves Orexin Organizational psychology Parallel processing Parapsychology Parasympathetic nervous system Parietal lobes Partial reinforcer Perception Perceptional adaptation Perceptional constancy Perceptual set Peripheral nervous system Person centered therapy Personality disorder Personality inventory PET Phi phenomenon Phobia Phoneme Pitch Pituitary gland Place theory Placebo Plasticity Polygraph Population Posthypnotic amnesia Posthypnotic suggestion Predictive validity Preoperational stage Primary reinforcer Primary sex characteristics Proactive interference Projection Projective test Prototype Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis Psychopharmacology Psychosexual stages Psychosurgery Psychotherapy Psychotic Punishment Pupil Random assignment Random sample Range Rational emotive therapy Rationalization Reaction formation Recall Recognition Refractory period Regression Rehearsal Reinforcer Relative deprivation Reliability REM sleep Replication Representativeness heuristic Repression Repression Resistance Respondent behavior Reticular formation Retina Retina Retinal disparity Retrieval Retroactive interference Reuptake Rods Role Rooting reflex Rorschach projective test Savant syndrome Scatterplot Schema Schizoid Schizophrenia Secondary reinforcer Secondary sex characteristics Selective attention Self actualization Self concept Self concept Semantic encoding Semantics Sensation Sensorimotor stage Sensory adaptation Sensory cortex Sensory memory Sensory neurons Serial position effect Serotonin Set point Sexual disorder Sexual orientation Shadow Shaping Short term memory Signal detection theory Skinner Box Sleep apnea Social facilitation Social loafing Social trap Source amnesia Spacing effect Split brain Spontaneous recovery Standard deviation Standardization Stanford Binet Statistical significance Stimulants Storage Stranger anxiety Subjective well being Subliminal Difference threshold jnd Super ego Survey Sympathetic nervous system Synapse Syntax Systematic desensitization TAT Telegraphic speech Temperament Temporal lobes Teratogens Testosterone Thalamus Thanatos THC Theory Theory X Theory Y Token economy Top down processing Transduction Transference Turner s syndrome Two factor theory Two word stage Type A Type B UCR UCS Unconditional positive regard