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.A-B-A设计A-B-A design Experimental design in which participants first experience the baseline condition(A),then experience the experimental treatment(B),and then return to the baseline(A).变态心理学Abnormal psychology The area of psychological investigation concerned with understanding the nature of individual pathologies of mind, mood, and behavior.绝对阈限Absolute thresholdThe minimum amount of physical energy needed to produce a reliable sensory experience; operationally defined as the stimulus level at which a sensory signal is detected half the time.顺应Accommodation1. The process by which the ciliary muscles change the thickness of the lens of the eye to permit variable focusing on near and distant objects.2. According to Piaget, the process of restructuring or modifying cognitive structures so that new information can fit into them more easily; this process works in tandem with assimilation.习得AcquisitionThe stage in a classical conditioning experiment during which the conditioned response is first elicited by the conditioned stimulus.动作电位Action potential The nerve impulse activated in a neuron that travels down the axon and causes neurotransmitters to be released into a synapse.急性应激Acute stressA transient state of arousal with typically clear onset and offset patterns.成瘾AddictionA condition in which the body requires a drug in order to function without physical and psychological reactions to its absence; often the outcome of tolerance and dependence.年龄歧视AgeismPrejudice against older people, similar to racism and sexism in its negative stereotypes. 攻击AggressionBehaviors that cause psychological or physical harm to another individual.广场恐怖症AgoraphobiaAn extreme fear of being in public places or open spaces from which escape may be difficult or embarrassing.艾滋病AIDSAcronym for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a syndrome caused by a virus that damages the immune system and weakens the bodys ability to fight infection.算法AlgorithmA step-by-step procedure that always provides the right answer for a particular type of problem.全或无定律All-or-none lawThe rule that the size of the action potential is unaffected by increases in the intensity of stimulation beyond the threshold level.利他主义AltruismProsocial behaviors a person carries out without considering his or her own safety of interests.阿尔茨海默病症Alzheimers disease A chronic organic train syndrome characterized by gradual loss of memory, decline in intellectual ability, and deterioration of personality.无轴突细胞Amacrine cellsCells that integrate information across the retina; ratherthan sending signals toward the brain, amacrine cells link bipolar cells to other bipolar cells and ganglion cells to other ganglion cells.模糊性AmbiguityA perceptual object that may have more than one interpretation.遗忘症Amnesia A failure of memory caused by physical injury, disease, drug use, or psychological trauma.杏仁核AmygdalaThe part of the limbic system that controls emotion, aggression, and the formation of emotional memory.分析心理学Analytic psychologyA branch of psychology that views the person as a constellation of compensatory internal forces in a dynamic balance.锚定启发法Anchoring heuristicAn insufficient adjustment up or down from an original starting value when judging the probable value of some event or outcome.动物认知Animal cognition The cognitive capabilities of nonhuman animals; researchers trace the development of cognitive capabilities across species and the continuity of capabilities from nonhuman to human animals.厌食症进食障碍Anorexia nervosaAn eating disorder in which an individual weighs less than 85 percent of her or his expected weight but still controls eating because of a self-perception of obesity.应激预应付Anticipatory copingEfforts made in advance of a potentially stressful event to overcome ,reduce, of tolerate the imbalance between perceived demands and available resources.焦虑AnxietyAn intense emotional response caused by the preconscious recognition that a repressed conflict is about to emerge into consciousness.焦虑障碍Anxiety disorders Mental disorders marked by physiological arousal, feelings of tension, and intense apprehension without apparent reason. 似动Apparent motion A movement illusion in which one or more stationary lights going on and off in succession are perceived as a single moving light; the simplest from of apparent motion is the phi phenomenon.原型ArchetypeA universal, inherited, primitive, and symbolic representation of a particular experience of obiect.同化Assimilation According to Piaget, the process whereby new cognitive elements are fitted in with old elements or modified to fit more easily; this process works in tandem with accommodation.联合皮层Association cortexThe parts of the cerebral cortex in which many high-level brain processes occur.依恋AttachmentEmotional relationship between a child and the regular caregiver.注意AttentionA state of focused awareness on a subset of the available perceptual information.态度AttitudeThe learned, relatively stable tendency to respond to people, concepts, and events in an evaluative way.归因理论Attribution theoryA social-cognitive approach to describing the ways the social perceiver uses information to generate causal explanations.归因AttributionsJudgments about the causes of outcomes.听众设计Audience designThe process of shaping a message depending the audience for which it is intended,听皮层Auditory cortexThe area of the temporal lobes that receives and processes auditory information.听神经Auditory nerve The nerve that carries impulse impulses from the cochlea to the cochlear nucleus of the brain.自动过程Automatic processesProcesses that do not require attention; they can often be performed along with other tasks without interference.自主神经系统Autonomic nervous system (ANS)The subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that controls the bodys involuntary motor responses by connecting the sensory receptors to the central nervous system (CNS) and the CNS to the smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.可用性启发法Availability heuristic A judgment based on the information readily available in memory. 厌恶疗法Aversion therapy A type of behavioral therapy used to treat individuals attracted to harmful stimuli; an attractive stimulus is paired with a noxious stimulus in order to elicit a negative reaction to the target stimulus.轴突AxonThe extended fiber of a neuron through which nerve impulses travel from the soma to the terminal buttons.基础水平Basic levelThe level of categorization that can be retrieved from memory most quickly and used most efficiently.基底膜Basilar membraneA membrane in the cochlea that, when set into motion, stimulates hair cells that produce the neural effects of auditory stimulation.行为BehaviorThe actions by which an organism adjusts to its environment.行为分析Behavior analysisThe area of psychology that focuses on the environmental determinants of learning and behavior.行为矫正Behavior modificationThe systematic use of principles of learning to increase the frequency of desired behaviors and/or decrease the frequency of problem behaviors.行为治疗Behavior therapySee behavior modification.行为确认Behavioral confirmationThe process by which people behave in ways that elicit from others specific expected reactions and then use those reactions to confirm their beliefs.行为数据Behavioral dataObservational reports about the behavior of organisms and the conditions under which the behavior occurs or changes.行为测量Behavioral measuresOvert actions and reactions that are observed and recorded, exclusive of self-reported behavior.行为复现Behavioral rehearsalProcedures used to establish and strengthen basic skills; as used in social-skills training programs, requires the client to rehearse a desirable behavior sequence mentally.行为主义BehaviorismA scientific approach that limits the study of psychology to measurable or observable behavior.行为主义观点Behaviorist perspectiveThe psychological perspective primarily concerned with observable behavior that can be objectively recorded and with the relationships of observable behavior to environmental stimuli.信念偏差效应Belief-bias effectA situation that occurs when a persons prior knowledge, attitudes, of values distort the reasoning process by influencing the person to accept invalid arguments. 被试间设计Between-subjects designA research design in which different groups of participants are randomly assigned to experimental conditions or to control conditions.生物反馈BiofeedbackA self-regulatory technique by which an individual acquires voluntary control over nonconscious biological processes.学习的生物制约性Biological constraints on learningAny limitations on an organisms capacity to learn that are caused by the inherited sensory, response, of cognitive capabilities of members of a given species.生物学观点Biological perspectiveThe approach to identifying causes of behavior that focuses on the functioning of the genes, the brain, the nervous system, and the endocrine system.生物医学治疗Biomedical therapies Treatments for psychological disorders that alter brain functioning with chemical or physical interventions such an drug therapy, surgery, or electroconvulsive therapy.生物心理社会模式Biopsychosocial modelA model of health and illness that suggests that links among the nervous system, the immune system, behavioral styles, cognitive processing, and environmental factors can put people at risk for illness. 双极细胞Bipolar cellsNerve cells in the visual system that combine impulses from many receptors and transmit the results to ganglion cells.双相障碍Bipolar disorderA mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania.阻断BlockingA phenomenon in which an organism does not learn a new stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus, because the new stimulus is presented simultaneously with a stimulus that is already effective as a signal.躯体形象Body imageThe subjective experience of the appearance of ones body.自下而上的加工Bottom-up processing Perceptual analyses based on the sensory data available in the environment; results of analyses are passed upward toward more abstract representations.脑干Brain stemThe brain structure that regulates the bodys basic life processes. 明度BrightnessThe dimension of color space that captures the intensity of light.布洛卡区Brocas areaThe region of the brain that translates thoughts into speech or sign.暴食性进食障碍Bulimia nervosaAn eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by measures to purge the body of the excess calories.旁观者介入Bystander intervention Willingness to assist a person in need of help.坎农-巴德情绪理论Cannon-Bard theory of emotionA theory stating that an “emotional stimulus produces two co-occurring reactions-arousal” and experience of emotion-that do not cause each other.个案研究Case studyIntensive observation of a particular individual of small group of individuals.渲泄CatharsisThe process of expressing strongly felt but usually repressed emotions.中枢神经系统Central nervous system (CNS)The part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.中心化CentrationA thought pattern common during the beginning of the preoperational stage of cognitive development; characterized by the childs inability to take more than one perceptual factor into account at the same time.小脑CerebellumThe region of the brain attached to the brain stem that controls motor coordination, posture, and balance as well as the ability to learn control of body movements.大脑皮层Cerebral cortexThe outer surface of the cerebrum.大脑两半球Cerebral hemispheresThe two halves of the cerebrum, connected by the corpus callosum.大脑CerebrumThe region of the brain that regulates higher cognitive and emotional functions.儿童指向语言Child-directed speechA special form of speech with an exaggerated and high-pitched intonation that adults use to speak to infants and young children.慢性应激Chronic stressA continuous state of arousal in which an individual perceives demands as greater than the inner and outer resources available for dealing with them.生理年龄Chronological ageThe number of months or years since an individuals birth.组块ChunkingThe process of taking single items of information and recoding them on the basis of similarity of some other organizing principle.生物节律Circadian rhythmA consistent pattern of cyclical body activities, usually lasting 24 to 25 hours and determined by an internal biological clock.经典条件作用Classical conditioningA type of learning in which a behavior (conditioned response) comes to be elicited by a stimulus (conditioned stimulus) that has acquired its power through an association with a biologically significant stimulus (unconditioned stimulus).来访者ClientThe term used by clinicians who think of psychological disorders as problems in living, and not as mental illnesses, to describe those being treated.来访者中心疗法Client-centered therapyA humanistic approach to treatment that emphasizes the healthy psychological growth of the individual; based on the assumption that all people share the basic tendency of human nature toward self-actualization.临床生态学Clinical ecologyA field of psychology that relates disorders such as anxiety and depression to environmental irritants and sources of trauma.临床心理学家Clinical psychologistAn individual who has earned a doctorate in psychology and whose training is in the assessment and treatment of psychological problems.临床社会工作者Clinical social workerA mental health professional whose specialized training prepares him of her to consider the social context of peoples problems. 封闭性ClosureA perceptual organizing process that leads individuals to see incomplete figures as complete.耳蜗CochleaThe primary organ of hearing; a fluid-filled coiled tube located in the inner ear.认知CognitionProcesses of knowing, including attending, remembering, and reasoning; also the content of the processes, such as concepts and memories.认知评价Cognitive appraisalWith respect to emotions, the process through which physiological arousal is interpreted with respect to circumstances in the particular setting in which it is being experienced; also, the recognition and evaluation of a stressor to assess the demand, the size of the threat, the resources available for dealing with it, and appropriate coping strategies.情绪的认知评价理论Cognitive appraisal theory of emotionA theory stating that the experience of emotion is the joint effect of physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal, which serves to determine how an ambiguous inner state of arousal will be labeled.认知行为矫正法Cognitive behavior modificationA therapeutic approach that combines the cognitive emphases on the role of thoughts and attitudes influencing motivations and response with the behavioral emphasis on changing performance through modification of reinforcement contingencies.认知发展Cognitive developmentThe development of processes of knowing, including imagining, perceiving, reasoning, and problem solving.认知失调Cognitive dissonanceThe theory that the tension-producing effects of incongruous cognitions motivate individuals to reduce such tension.认知地图Cognitive mapA mental representation of physical space.认知观点Cognitive perspectiveThe perspective on psychology that stresses human thought and the processes of knowing, such as attending, thinking, remembering, expecting, solving problems, fantasizing, and consciousness.认知过程Cognitive processesHigher mental processes, such as perception, memory, language, problem solving, and abstract thinking.认知心理学Cognitive psychologyThe study of higher mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, and thinking.认知科学Cognitive scienceThe interdisciplinary field of study of the approach systems and processes that manipulate information.认知治疗Cognitive therapyA type of psycholtherapeutic treatment that attempts to change feelings and behaviors by changing the way a client thinks about of perceives significant life experiences.集体无意识Collective unconsciousThe part of an individuals unconscious that is inherited, evolutionarily developed, and common to all members of the species.共病ComorbidityThe experience of more than one disorder at the same time.互补色Complementary colorsColors opposite each other on the color circle; when additively mixed, they create the sensation of white light.依从ComplianceA change in behavior consistent with a communication sources direct requests.概念ConceptsMental representations of kinds of categories of items of ideas.条件性强化物Conditioned reinforcersIn classical conditioning, formerly neutral stimuli that have become reinforcers.条件反应Conditioned response (CR)In classical conditioning, a response elicited by some previously neutral stimulus that occurs as a result of pairing the neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.条件刺激ConditioningThe ways in which events, stimuli, and behavior become associated with one another.锥体细胞ConesPhotoreceptors concentrated in the center of the retina that are responsible for visual experience under normal viewing conditions and for all experiences of color.从众ConformityThe tendency for people to adopt the behaviors, attitudes, and values of other members of a reference group.混淆变量Confounding variableA stimulus other than the variable an experimenter explicitly introduces into a