Core concepts in introductory psychology

Absolute threshold Accommodation (perceptual) Accommodation (Piaget) Acetylcholine (Ach) Action potential Activation synthesis hypothesis Adolescence Aggression Agoraphobia Algorithms All or none law Altruism Alzheimer's disease Amnesia Amygdala Anal stage Anorexia nervosa Anterograde amnesia Antidepressant drugs Antipsychotic drugs Antisocial personality disorder Anxiety disorders Archetypes Assimilation Association areas Attachment Attitude Attribution Autonomic nervous system Availability heuristic Aversion therapy Axon Basilar membrane Behavior therapy Behavioral genetics Behaviorism Big five Binocular cues Biofeedback Biopsychosocial model Bipolar disorder Blind spot Bottom up processing Bulimia nervosa Cannon Bard theory Case study Cell body Central nervous system (CNS) Cerebellum Cerebral cortex Chromosomes Chunking Circadian rhythms Classical conditioning Client centered therapy Cochlea Cognition Cognitive dissonance Cognitive map Cognitive psychology Cognitive therapy Collective unconscious Concept Concrete operational stage Conditioned response (CR) Conditioned stimulus (CS) Cones Confirmation bias Conformity Consciousness Conservation Continuous reinforcement Control group Convergence Conversion disorders Cornea Corpus callosum Correlation coefficient Correlational research Creativity Critical period Cross sectional study Crystallized intelligence CT (computed tomography) scan Dark adaptation Decay theory Declarative memory Defense mechanisms Deindividuation Delusions Dendrites Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Dependent variable Depressants Descriptive statistics Developmental psychology Difference threshold Diffusion of responsibility Discrimination (social behavior) Discriminative stimulus Displacement (defense mechanism) Dissociative amnesia Dissociative disorders Dissociative fugue Dissociative identity disorder Divergent thinking Double blind study Drive DSM-IV Eardrum Ego Egocentrism Elaborative rehearsal Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) Electroencephalogram (EEG) Embryo Emotion Emotional intelligence Encoding Encoding specificity principle Endocrine system Endorphins Episodic memory Evolutionary psychology Experiment Experimental group Explicit memory Extinction (classical conditioning) Extinction (operant conditioning) Extrinsic motivation Facial feedback hypothesis Factor analysis Family therapy Feature detector Fetal alcohol syndrome Fetus Fixation (Freudian) Fixed interval schedule Fixed ratio schedule Flashbulb memories Fluid intelligence Forebrain Formal operational stage Fovea Fraternal twins Free association Frequency theory Frontal lobes Frustration aggression hypothesis Functional fixedness Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Functionalism Fundamental attribution error g factor Gate control theory Gender Gender identity Gender roles Gene General adaptation syndrome (GAS) Generalized anxiety disorder Genital stage Genotype Gestalt psychology Glial cells Group polarization Group therapy Groupthink Habituation Hallucinations Hallucinogens Health psychology Heritability Heuristic Hierarchy of needs Hindbrain Hippocampus Homeostasis Hormones Hue Humanistic psychology Hypnosis Hypochondriasis Hypothalamus Hypothesis Id Identical twins Implicit memory Imprinting Incentive Independent variable Inferential statistics Informed consent Insight (learning) Insomnia Instinct Intelligence Intelligence quotient (IQ) Interneurons Intrinsic motivation Introspection Iris James Lange theory Language Latency stage Latent content Latent learning Law of effect Learned helplessness Learning Lens Limbic system Locus of control Long term memory (LTM) Long term potentiation (LTP) Longitudinal study Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Maintenance rehearsal Major depressive disorder Mania Manifest content Maturation Mean Median Meditation Medulla Memory Menarche Menopause Mental age Mental retardation Mental set Meta analysis Midbrain Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Mnemonic devices Mode Monocular cues Mood disorders Morpheme Motivation Motor cortex Motor neurons Myelin sheath Narcolepsy Natural selection Naturalistic observation Need for achievement Negative reinforcement Neurons Neurotransmitters Norm (testing) Normal distribution Obedience Object permanence Observational learning Obsessive compulsive disorder Occipital lobes Oedipus complex Olfaction Operant conditioning Operational definition Opiates Opponent process theory (color) Optic nerve Oral stage Panic disorder Parasympathetic nervous system Parietal lobes Partial reinforcement Perception Perceptual constancy Peripheral nervous system Personality Personality disorders Phallic stage Phenotype Pheromones Phobia Phoneme Physical dependence Pitch Pituitary gland Place theory Placebo Placebo effect Pleasure principle Polygraph Pons Population Positive reinforcement Positron emission tomography (PET) Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Prejudice Preoperational stage Primacy effect Primary reinforcers Priming Proactive interference Procedural memory Projection Projective tests Prototype Psychoactive drugs Psychoanalysis Psychodynamic theories Psychology Psychoneuroimmunology Psychophysics Psychosexual stages Psychosurgery Psychotherapy Puberty Punishment Pupil Random assignment Range Semantics Rational emotive behavior therapy Rationalization Reaction formation Reality principle Recall Receptors Reciprocal determinism Recognition Reflex Shaping Reinforcement Reliability REM sleep Replication Representativeness heuristic Repression Resistance Resting potential Reticular formation Retina Retinal disparity Retrieval Retroactive interference Retrograde amnesia Rods Rorschach Inkblot Test Sample Schedule of reinforcement Schemas Schizophrenia Scientific method Secondary reinforcers Self actualization Self concept Self efficacy Self fulfilling prophecy Self serving bias Semantic memory Sensation Sensory adaptation Sensory memory Sensorimotor stage Sensory neurons Serial position effect Set point (weight) Sexual orientation Shape constancy Signal detection theory Size constancy Sleep apnea Social facilitation Social loafing Social norms Social phobia Social psychology Social support Somatic nervous system Somatoform disorders Specific phobia Spinal cord Spontaneous recovery Standard deviation Standardization State dependent memory Stereotype Stimulants Stimulus discrimination Stimulus generalization Storage Stress Stressors Structuralism Subliminal perception Superego Survey Sympathetic nervous system Synapse Syntax Systematic desensitization Taste buds Telegraphic speech Temperament Temporal lobes Teratogens Thalamus Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Theory Token economy Tolerance Top down processing Trait Transduction Transference Triarchic theory of intelligence Trichromatic theory Two factor theory of emotion Type A behavior pattern Type B behavior pattern Unconditional positive regard Unconditioned response (UCR) Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) Unconscious Validity Variable interval schedule Variable ratio schedule Variables Vestibular sense Weber's law Working memory Zygote