AP Psychology Semester 1 Fall Final Review

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

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

Which is an example of an implicit memory?

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

Circadian rhythm refers to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ethical principles developed by the APA urged psychological investigators to

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

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

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

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

Which research technique controls for both experimenter and subject bias?

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

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

Classical Conditioning involves __________; Operant Conditioning involves __________

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which best describes how neurons communicate with one another?

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

Which structure is located in the brainstem?

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

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

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

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

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

Learned helplessness is most likely to be directly related to

In people, rods, unlike cones, _______________.

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

Abraham Maslow theorized that people are motivated by

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

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

Which structure is part of the inner ear?

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

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

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

which structure in the eye is most responsible for color vision

Light enters the eye through an opening in the ____________ .

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

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

Which of the following terms applies to IQ tests?

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

Which statement best represents the relationship between performance and arousal?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our ability to perceive depth depends on what other perceptual abilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

What theory of emotion are cognitive psychologists likely to support?

Which brain structure is involved in hunger motivation?

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

Which is most closely associated with creativity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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