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494 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Psychology exam

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16PF Questionnaire
5-HT2A Receptors

A

Aaron Beck
Abraham Maslow
Acculturation
Acoustic Encoding
Action Potential
Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis
Acute Stressors
ADHD
Adrenal Glands
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
Affective Component
Affective Flattening
Albert Bandura
Anal Stage
Analogical Problem Solving
Analytical Psychology
Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic
Anima/Animus
Animal Welfare Act
Anterior Pituitary
Anterograde Amnesia
Antidiuretic Hormone
Archival Research
Artificial Concept
Asch Effect
ASD
Assertive Community Treatment
Associative Learning
Attachment Theory
Attentional Biases
Auditory Cortex
Auditory Hallucinations
Auditory Nerve
Auditory Scene Analysis
Auditory Transduction
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Axon Terminals

B

Basal Forebrain
Basic Emotions
Beck Depression Inventory
Big Five Model
Big Five Personality Traits
Binaural Hearing
Binet-Simon Scale
Binge Eating Disorder
Binocular Depth Cues
Binocular Disparity
Biological Clock
Biomedical Approaches
Biomedical Model
Bobo Doll Experiment
Body Dysmorphia
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Body Mass Index
Bottom-up Processing
Brain Plasticity Theory
Brain Waves
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Brightness
Broaden-and-Build Theory

C

Cannabis-Induced Psychosis
Cannon-Bard Theory
Carl Rogers
Catatonic Behavior
Cattell's 16 Personality Factors
Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory
CB1 Receptors
CB2 Receptors
CBT-I
Cell Body
Central Route