AP Psychology Semester 1 Fall Final Review - Mrs. Willems January 2020

Bandura's Bobo doll experiment evidenced the importance of __________ in social learning.

A doctor determining whether an accident caused structural damage to the brain would use  

Lara is attracted to Craig but can't stand his friends and family. Her conflict is classified as ________________.

If a distribution of scores includes outliers, which measure of central tendency should be used

The "c" in the word cat is best described as a 

Which brain structure is involved in hunger motivation?

which psychologist would agree w/ the following: behavior results from reinforcers & punishers

What is true about experiments that is not of other research methods?

Ani believes she is capable of succeeding in nursing school. Her mindset is associated with

Reading a job description written with masculine pronouns, people may believe that the employee is a male.

Physiological reactions like surprise or shock are controlled by which part of the NS

Knowledge of different categories of trees is an example of what type of long-term memory

if the College Board left out questions about neuroscience on the AP exam, the test would lack

A musicians ability to discern between two similar pitches depends on which concept?

A test that identifies people with the potential to be great lawyers is an example of a(n)

Elizabeth Loftus' research on wording and misinformation effects on memory best demonstrate

People who watch violent movies are more likely to behave violently. Which statement reflects which of the following?

The limbic system plays an important role in which of the following?

A teacher whose class culture encourages intrinsic motivation uses which management style

Which best explains the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory?

Which statement best represents the relationship between performance and arousal?

Jen's friend shows video evidence of her husband kissing another woman. Jen is in denial about her husband's affair.

Which structure is located in the brainstem?

What theory of emotion are cognitive psychologists likely to support?

One group receives an ad for 99% fat free milk; the other for 1% fat milk. What being tested

If Pavlov's dogs began to salivate when they heard a sound similar to a bell they would show

How would drive reduction theory explain a person eating half a bowl of M&M's and stopping?

Maria slams the car door and yells at her kids. Now when they hear a car door slam they cringe.

Our ability to perceive depth depends on what other perceptual abilities

Which of the following serves as an insulator facilitating the electrical aspect of neural transmission?

Reporting the effect of drinking alcohol on self-consciousness, researchers specify how self-consciousness is measured.

An American's prototype of a chair is most likely to include

A librarian gives a prize for every five books students read. Her schedule of reinforcement is _____________.

Which concept is most relevant to Noam Chomsky's theory of how children learn language?

In people, rods, unlike cones, _______________.

A medication prescribed for major depression would most likely act on which neurotransmitter?

Learned helplessness is most likely to be directly related to

Which theory suggests that dreams are mental responses to random bursts of neural stimulation?

Classical Conditioning involves __________; Operant Conditioning involves __________

Which of the following correlations expresses the strongest degree of relationship between two variables?

A variable ratio of reinforcement is often preferable to a fixed ratio because

What research method could study the relationship between owning a hybrid car and being vegan?

This school of thought studies mental processes includes thinking, memory, making decisions, judgements, encoding, etc.

What type of motivations best encourage positive behaviors to persist over time?

Which is an example of an implicit memory?

Which best summarizes the results of Tolman's latent learning experiment?

A person with a painful skin rash finds hard scratching temporarily relieves the pain

Most people can taste 1g of salt in 1qt of water. Which concept does this statement explain?

Children who suffer brain damage can regain function more quickly than older patients due to ______________.

What is the first step in any example of Classical Conditioning?

Ethical principles developed by the APA urged psychological investigators to

testing the problem-solving skills of 10, 20, and 30-year-olds in a study uses this method

Turning up the volume on a radio changes which aspect of sound?

What percent of people score between 70 and 130 on the Standard IQ Scale or the WAIS (Mean: 100, SD:15)

Someone who can't move the muscles needed for accurate speech might have brain damage where?

The case study of Phineas Gage was significant because it was one of the the first examples of

Intelligence researchers like Gardner and Sternberg argue that schools focus too much on

After repeated firings, neural connections are strengthened. What is this process

Which is most closely associated with creativity

When Jake is late to basketball practice his coach makes him run laps. Jake is not late again. Punishment or Reinforcer?

Which of the following properties of sound would be most similar to color/hue of light?

Retelling the story about your 13th birthday is an example of which type of memory?

After studying for weeks and taking an AP exam, Conrad gets the flu. What theory explains this

Circadian rhythm refers to:

Negative reinforcers __________ a stimulus in order to ___________ a behavior.

The ability to solve a new computer game based on logical puzzles probably depends on

Joe has a serious memory problem. Which neurotransmitter is Joe most likely deficient?

At 1:00am, Mrs. Willems gets out of bed and begins to sleepwalk. An EEG of her brain activity is most likely to indicate

An artist making a drawing could use which of the following to add depth to the picture

Light enters the eye through an opening in the ____________ .

which structure in the eye is most responsible for color vision

A musician who signs a recording contract stops playing for fun. This is best explained by

The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same size, regardless of its distance from the viewer, known as

Which best describes how neurons communicate with one another?

Which structure is part of the inner ear?

A low level of glucose in Sam's bloodstream would most likely make him want to do which of the following?

Which of the following terms applies to IQ tests?

This approach is states that human behavior springs from from unconscious drives and conflicts and sexual drives?

You girlfriend dumps you. "I always knew she was bad news" your friend says. This demonstrates

Nicole has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she’s very relaxed, she has not fallen asleep

A student earns an A+ in her AP Psych class. Which kind of reinforcer is the grade?

In the model of information processing, memories are first stored in _______________.

Damage to the occipital region of the brain would most likely affect which sense?

Which research technique controls for both experimenter and subject bias?

Garcia's research w/ coyotes & sheep using taste aversions established which US/CS pairs as most powerful

What value, or percentage, will tell Matt whether his research is statistically significant?

In a class of 25 students, all but 2 score between 82 and 94. The 2 scores of 47 and 55 are 

Choosing 20 people at random from a large lecture class of 400 is an example of

Abraham Maslow theorized that people are motivated by

Which of the following psychological disorders has been linked to a deficit of dopamine?