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Review for final exam AP Psychology #ap #psychology #final
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1
Which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
improved memory function
decreased pain sensatio
slower bodily function
vivid, distorted images not based on sensory input
2
Alan goes to the doctor every few weeks thinking something is wrong. What is actually wrong?
mood disorder
anxiety disorder
illness anxiety disorder
personality disorder
3
Hypothetical and deductive thinking are marks of which Piaget stage of cognitive development
preoperational
conservation
formal operations
concrete operations
4
The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
serial position effect
retrograde amnesia
tip of the tongue phenomenon
state-dependent memory
5
Weber's and Fechner's law concern the relation between which of the following?
quality of a stimulus and likelihood it is pleasurable
perceived uniformity and size of a stimulus
intensity of stimulus and its corresponding psych sensation
darkness of a room and the time needed for rods to adjust
6
In order for information to turn from sensory info to short term memory, what needs to happen?
iconic processing
attention
automatic processing
long term processing
7
Which parenting style is characterized by high demands for obedience and low warmth?
authoritative
permissive
authoritarian
neglectful
8
Jack listened to a speech and was persuaded by the speakers attractiveness. This is a
semantics persuaion
central route to persuasion
peripheral route to persuasion
meaningful persuasion
9
The depletion of which neurotransmitter is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease?
norepinephrine
GABA
dopamine
acetylcholine
10
Certain phobias are more common than others. This is best explained by what concept:
stimulus generalization
biological preparedness
spontaneous recovery
stimulus discrimination
11
Lithium carbonate is used to treat?
anorexia nervosa
agoraphobia
bipolar disorder
dissociative fugue
12
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?
valium
peyote
marijuana
cocaine
13
After seeing several TV shows on shark attacks, you think the incidences are relatively common.
availability heuristic
algorithm
representative heuristic
cognitive dissonance
14
You approach a problem the same way you did the last time. This is an example of
algorithm
mental set
cognitive map
fixation
15
The Gestalt principle that refers to the tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as whole is:
motion parallax
proximity
closure
figure-ground
16
All of the following are projective tests EXCEPT...
inkblot tests
TAT
sentence completion tests
MMPI
17
John is usually nice, but gets stressed and becomes irritable. The Big 5 would say John is
high in introversion
high in conscientiousness
low in agreeablness
high in neuroticism
18
Which of the following is an example of discrimination learning?
dog trained to drool to a tone doesn't drool to any other
a four-year-old calls her aunt "mommy"
pigeon trained to peck red key sometimes pecks an orange one
a dog still drools to a bell after ten trials of extinction
19
shallow or deep processing are apart of
semantic encoding
semantic processing
echoic encoding
levels of processing
20
Which is an example of social facilitation?
kid smiles more to family members than with strangers there
athlete performs better in front of a crowd than at practice
student scores better on test w/ classmates not strangers
editor's productivity is better when given a private office
21
Difficulty remembering new materials because of previously learned information
repression
proactive interference
cue-dependent forgetting
reconstruction
22
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
marked increase in muscle tone
correlated with dreaming
decreased blood pressure and heart rate
alternates with NREM in 30-minute cycle
23
In order to get rid of confounding variables, what should be used?
random assignment
random sample
correlation studies
meta-analysis
24
Critics of Piaget say that he
overestimates children's cognitive abilities
focuses his cognitive development too much on the males
underestimates children's cognitive abilities
Is incorrect when children develop logic
25
which would result from an injury to the medulla?
disruption of heartbeat and breathing
receptive aphasia
issues regulating hunger
visual problems
26
stimulating the outside of the sole of the foot causing fanning of toes is what reflex?
babinski reflex
moro reflex
rooting reflex
fencing reflex
27
students get about the same score on the second admin. of a test as they did on the first, its
objective
valid
reliable
normed
28
Learning that is not demonstrated at the time it occurs is called
insight learning
conceptualization learning
social learning
latent learning
29
You believe smoking is bad, but you smoke. Now you believe it's only bad if you smoke everyday.
belief preservance
cognitive dissonance
self-serving bias
social facilitation
30
formed in the thymus & among other duties, attach cancer cells, viruses, & foreign substances
t lymphocytes
b lymphocytes
thymus-cytes
basal metabolic rate
31
Pam gets $ for A's. Her parents are capitalizing on what?
instinctive needs
reactance
intrinsic motivation
extrinsic motivation
32
Immediately after firing, a neuron is incapable of responding to stimulation. What is this?
threshold difference
depolarization
action potential
refractory period
33
In memory experiments on free recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the
diminished recall of items at the end
better recall of items at the end
better recall of items at the middle
better recall of items at the beginning
34
Which best describes the placebo effect?
found only in people in psychoanalysis
typically experienced by people in long-term therapy
can be induced by antipsychotic drugs
can be brought about by a person's expectations
35
Using a paper clip to unlock the door to your house is an example of avoiding:
functional fixedness
deductive reasoning
syllogistic reasoning
inductive reasoning
36
In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior is?
dependent variable
control
placebo
hypothesis
37
Which Freudian construct is believed to protect us from anxiety by making memories go away?
pleasure principal
super ego
repression
ego ideal
38
Which of the following is the most common symptom of dementia?
Delusions
Dissociation
Compulsions
Deterioration inmemory
39
In some situations, the larger the number of bystanders, the less likely anyone will help.
ethnocentrism
antisocial behavior
altruims
diffusion of responsibility
40
The belief that behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts is from which theory
behavioral
psychoanalytic
biological
humanistic
41
measures how well one measure predicts an outcome for another measure
test-retest validity
construct validity
criterion validity
content validity
42
phase 1 of GAS; sudden activation sympathetic nervous system; mobilize resources.
alarm reaction
exhaustion
fight or flight
resistance
43
Information is relayed to the spinal cord or the brain by:
afferent neurons
T cells
efferent neurons
Schwann cells
44
Ethical principles created by the APA, ensure human participants in research...
protected from physical and psychological harm
get paid for time and trouble
keep the purpose of the research confidential
have not participated in similar research in the past
45
Neuron that receives the neurotransmitters from the synaptic gap
pre-synaptic neuron
terminal buttons
axon
post-synaptic neuron
46
unconscious mind that is inherited and contains shared ancestral experiences
fantasy
collective unconscious
ID
unconscious thoughts
47
Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people is referred to as
dissonance
self-justification
discrimination
stereotyping
48
Individuals are most likely to obey when demands are made by a
physically attractive individual
subordinate
legitimate authority
close friend
49
All your hard work and effort will pay off when you take the Final Exam tomorrow.
FALSE
TRUE
50
The process by which group decisions may be distorted due to no different viewpoints present?
groupthink
intellectualizing
just-world hypothesis
pluralistic ignorance
51
A trait that appears in an kid only when both parents have the gene for that trait is called:
recessive
autosomal
dominant
polygenic
52
People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have
a phobia
a panic disorder
an affective disorder
a compulsion
53
Chomsky said understanding a sentence involves which transformation between structures?
surface to deep
symbolic to analytic
perceptual to functional
simple to complex
54
Li scamed older people out of their life savings & seems to have little feeling for his victims
schizophrenia
depression
personality disorder
bipolar
55
If you damage this part of your hypothalamus, you will continue to eat and never feel full
lateral hypothalmaus
left hemispheric hypothalmaus
ventromedial hypothalamus
right hemispheric hypothalmaus
56
Negative afterimages are explained by
the trichromatic theory
opponent-process theory
dichromatic color perception
color detection by rods
57
You work at your job, because it pays you a lot of money. This is an example of
extrinsic motivation
primary reinforcer
intrinsic motivation
drive reduction theory
58
One way to reduce intergroup conflict is to establish
diffusion of responsibility
superordinate goals
group polarization
bystander apathy
59
According to psychoanalytic theory, Tom's constant shoplifting suggests his _ is underdeveloped
superego
ego
defense mechanism
id
60
Experimental research differs from correlational research in that experimental research:
allows for prediction
may reveal a causal relation
defines the strength of the relation
establishes a mathematical relation
