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1
In a normal distribution, approximately what percentage of scores fall between -2 and +2?
50
75
95
25
2
What type of personality theorist would most likely underestimate the impact of the environment
Cognitive
Trait
Behaviorist
Psychodynamic
3
Which of the following factors helps to best explain the increased obesity rate in the U.S.?
The changing gene pool
The sedentary nature of modern jobs
The increase in the length of the workday
The lack of opportunities to exercise
4
Which of the following types of therapies would be classified as insight therapy?
Psychopharmacology
Flooding
Psychosurgery
Client-centered therapy
5
After staring at a red and yellow parrot for a minute, what would Ray see for an after image?
A green and blue parrot
A red and green parrot
Nothing
A red and yellow parrot
6
Dr. Lupin gives homework to depressed patients to challenge their deep seeded beliefs. This is
Rational emotive behavior therapy
Gestalt therapy
Existential therapy
Psychoanalytic therapy
7
Which of the following is the best example of basic research?
Children's use of language changes as they age
New therapeutic approaches to treating phobias.
Studying how charities can convince people to donate more.
A teacher test two different methods of teaching reading
8
To safeguard participant's rights, prior to collecting any data, researchers seek approval from
an Institutional Review Board
the APA
at least two licensed psychiatrists
Everyone on the research team
9
Gonzo raised his hand in class. Which part of the nervous system enabled this action?
Somatic
Autonomic
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
10
According to the partial reinforcement effect,
extinction is difficult with intermittent reinforcement
highly desirable rewards are more effective than practical
it's impossible to find a reinforcer for everyone
people prefer certain types of reinforcement
11
Kiersten works for an abusive boss, but he tells everyone she's great. Which defense mechanism?
Projection
Displacement
Sublimation
Reaction Formation
12
Which of the following is a common symptom of depression?
Eating more than usual
Working harder than usual
Feeling closer to one's family
Abandoning old hobbies and pickings up new ones
13
Milgram's obedience study showed that
absolute obedience was best achieved under hypnosis.
most people would obey an order to harm people.
women are far more obedient than men are.
members of a minority group were able to stand up to whites.
14
Which statement about memory is true?
Older people are worse at all types of memory tasks.
Memories are like stored video images
There is no one place in the brain where memories are stored
People can correctly gauge the accuracy of their memories.
15
Which part of the brain is most important in regulating an animal's sex drive?
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Medulla
Hypothalamus
16
Dr. Bae rejects the Big Five personality traits because people are unique. Which perspective?
Sociocultural
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Idiographic
17
Rob is trying to make a test that will predict how great someone's potential to be a CEO. Which
Achievement test
Aptitude test
Speed test
Power test
18
According to the James-Lange theory of emotion
Emotions are expressed the same way across cultures.
The thalamus is the key part of the brain for emotion.
Different emotions come from different interpretations.
Physiological reaction triggers the recognition of emotion.
19
Which of the following people demonstrates the most achievement motivation?
Joey is a carpenter who desperately wants to find a wife.
Lars works 80 hours a week to pay for all of the toys he has
Paul wants to make enough money as a chef to work part-time
Nino works extra hours in order to be a good worker
20
What day is Star Wars day?
Everyday is Star Wars day.
May 4th
May 5th
December 18th
21
NRA members believe that only a tiny fringe of America favor stronger gun control. This mistake
is the just-world bias.
is an outgroup bias.
is deindividuation.
is the false consensus effect.
22
The easiest and most common way to learn about people's personalities is by
asking people to fill out self-report inventories.
using brain scans.
administering projective tests.
observing people's behavior.
23
Luis' messy room has him grounded for a month w/o an explanation. What parenting style is used?
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Indulgent
Neglectful
24
As Jared went to class, he passed dozens of people. Their outfits are in his
Iconic memory
Long-term memory
Short-term memory
Working memory
25
Jo is a hardworking mom who also at times believes she is a pop star named Kanye. What disorder
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia
Dissociative identity disorder
Bipolar disorder
26
Which of the following seems to be least heritable?
Hair Color
Conscientiousness
Heart Disease
Religious Beliefs
27
In Tolman's experiment on latent learning, latent learning was shown by
the rats who's progress improved markedly with rewards
the rats whose progress never improved significantly
the rats whose progress improved steadily with more trials
the rats whose performance declined with more trials
28
Which of the following is an example of observational learning?
A girl learns to howl by watching wolves on TV.
A boy learns to make his bed after his parents pay him.
A parrot learns to say mama by listening to its owner.
A kitten learns to chase birds by copying his mother.
29
Brendan interviews 50 new mothers out of 362 new mothers in Random City. What is his population
New mothers throughout the world
The 50 new mothers in Random City
New mothers in urban areas in the U.S.
The 362 new mothers with whom Brendan speaks
30
Learned taste aversion generally results from
Operant conditioning
Negative reinforcement
Classical conditioning
Shaping
31
Dr. Doom believes poverty lies at the root of her inner-city clients' mental disorders. This is
Biomedical perspective
Cognitive perspective
Humanistic perspective
Sociocultural perspective
32
Dr. Li thinks Tony's anxiety is due to unresolved issues from his youth. Dr. Li would be a:
Behaviorist
Cognitive psychologist
Psychoanalyst
Humanistic psychologist
33
Zach wants to teach his parents to use the DVR. What reinforcement schedule would work best?
Continuous reinforcement
Fixed interval
Fixed ratio
Variable ratio
34
Dr. Soo wants to prescribe drugs for a patient with GAD. Which drug is most likely to be used?
Thorazine
Tricyclic antidepressants
Valium
Haldol
35
Which is typical of a positively skewed distribution?
There are more high scores than low scores.
The mean is higher than the median.
The mode is lower than the median, but higher than the mean.
The mean is lower than the median.
36
Infants teach their parents to hold them by crying when they are put down. They this learned by
Latent learning
Positive reinforcement
Punishment
Negative reinforcement
37
Katelynn, a newborn baby, probably most likes to look at
pastel colored blocks.
her stuffed sheep.
her cousin's toy robot.
her own face.
38
5 Year old Alondra had never left the city. One day she saw a cow. How did she recognize it?
Signal detection theory
Bottom-up processing
Difference threshold
Perceptual set
39
Research suggests that genetic and other biological factors play the greatest role in causing
agoraphobia.
conversion disorder.
bipolar disorder.
simple phobias.
40
An extra chromosome on the twenty-first pair is associated with
Tay-Sachs syndrome
Alzheimer's disease
Down syndrome
Klinefelter's syndrome
41
Ruben is very competitive in all situations. What kind of attribution causes this?
Person-stable
Situation-stable
Situation-unstable
Person-unstable
42
Wilhelm Wundt's early work led to the theory of
Gestalt psychology
Functionalism
Structuralism
Repression
43
A man asks for a $1000 donation, but the person says no. He then was able to get $25. This is
Foot-in-the-door technique
Norms of reciprocity
lowballing technique
Door-in-the face technique
44
AP Psych questions are pretested on college students. This group of people are referred to as?
Standardized sample
Test population
Trial group
Validity testers
45
Your knowledge of the 1st president of the US is usually found in what level of consciousness?
Preconscious
Conscious
Subconscious
Nonconscious
46
Which of the following groups would have the highest standard deviation in IQ scores?
A special program for kids who suffer from Down syndrome
Girls who attend a small, single-sex, private high school
Elementary school students in a large, public school
The graduating class at Princeton
47
One possible explanation for group polarization is
out-group bias
diffusion of responsibility
self-fulfilling prophecy
self-serving bias
48
Which of the following is an opiate?
Amphetamines
Heroin
Nicotine
Cocaine
49
Your knowledge of skills like riding a bike is thought to be stored in which part of the brain?
Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Cerebral cortex
Amygdala
50
According to the contingency theory of classical conditioning
strength of conditioning depends on the CS predicts the US
the more pleasant the CR, the more likely it will be learned
people learn best when the US precedes the CS
stronger URs result in better learning.
51
ECT is most likely to be used to treat
ECT is no longer an accepted medical treatment.
Phobias
Depression
Schizophrenia
52
Ned is so scared of sexual inadequacy that he has not been on a date in 2 years. Psychoanalyst
problem with a phallic fixation
issue of overly strong libido.
problem of an anal expulsive personality
problem of the reality principle.
53
Jenni invited Mari to a Muse concert. Mari loves Muse but loathes Jenni. What type of conflict?
Multiple approach-avoidance
Avoidance-approach
Approach-avoidance
Approach-approach
54
Kyrie's car breaks down. A woman driving by would be most likely to help her if
they are on a highly trafficked road.
they are on a desolate country road
the weather is bad.
the driver is highly religious.
55
Mr. Solo is making soup. After tasting it, he adds salt until he can first detect it. This is?
Absolute Threshold
Perceptual Set
Olfactory Sensitivity
Difference Threshold
56
Which of the following sentences illustrates overgeneralization?
Toby is the fastest boy in the world.
Dani goed to the store.
Only human beings have the ability to used language
Homey don't play that game.
57
During a typical night of sleep, the average adult spends the most time in
REM
stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
58
Holly fondly remembers the first time she went skydiving. This is an example of:
implicit memory.
declarative memory.
semantic memory.
procedural memory.
59
Bryan hates his boss, but he's nice to him at work. With cognitive dissonance, he is likely to
Lead him to displace his hostility onto others.
Result in more positive feelings about him boss.
Cause him to work below his potential.
Make him resent his boss.
60
According to Howard Gardner, which of the following is a type of intelligence?
Experimental
Practical
Naturalist
Fluid
61
Chaz restarts his computer to get it to print even when it was unplugged one day. This is:
Belief bias
Mental set
Framing
Proactive interference
62
Which of the following is a hormone?
Dopamine
Endorphins
Insulin
GABA
63
Tom is a Type A person who wants short-term help. What type of therapy would work best for him?
Psychodynamic
Sociocultural
Humanist
Behaviorist
64
When a neuron initially depolarizes
magnesium ions flow into the cell.
chloride ions flow in the cell.
potassium ions flow out of the cell
sodium ions flow into the cell.
65
In the early 20th century in America, which of the following perspectives was prominent?
Gestalt
Behaviorist
Psychoanalytic
Biological
66
When a newborn is sleeping, which reflex will be elected by a sudden noise or touch?
Plantar
Moro
Babinski
Rooting
67
Tiger lilies appear orange because they
absorb orange light.
reflect yellow light and absorb red light.
reflect orange light.
transduce orange light.
68
Research has shown that gay and heterosexual men differ in that
homosexual men do not make good parents.
Heterosexual men are less likely to have poor childhoods.
the mothers of gay men are unusually domineering.
some of their brain structures differ in size.
69
Stosh scored a 130 on the WISC. What is his z score and percentile?
2, 98th
0, 50th
-2,2nd
2, 90th
70
Which type of scan uses X-ray technology to examine the structure of the brain?
PET
CAT
MRI
EEG
71
Which part of the nervous system is most active in the exhaustion stage of Seyle's GAS?
Somatic
Peripheral
Parasympathetic
Sympathetic
72
Which of the following types of approaches is used by the most clinical psychologists in the US
Eclectic
Client-centered
Systemic desensitization
Humanistic
73
One drawback of cross-sectional research is
it is only effective with people in certain economic groups
differences between groups can by due to age or to cohorts
it is more expensive than most other kinds of research
it takes a long time to complete this type of research
74
Broca's area is usually located in which part of the cortex?
right temporal lobe
left frontal lobe
left temporal lobe
right frontal lobe
75
The typical age of the onset for schizophrenia is
during young adulthood.
during childhood.
at birth.
during middle age.
76
Paul noticed while driving objects nearby passed faster than those at a distance. This is:
Phi Phenomenon
Texture gradient
Relative speed
Motion parallax
77
Creativity is most closely associated with
Using algorithms
Excellent recall ability
Divergent thinking
Functional fixedness
78
Which of the following is one of the main advantages of group therapy?
The success rate of group therapy is higher.
The therapy usually takes less time.
It reduces the financial burden of therapy.
The client develops lasting friendships with the group
79
The space between the dendrites of one neuron and the terminal buttons of another is the:
Mode of Ranvier
Synapse
Myelin sheath
Axon
80
In a normal distribution
The standard deviation is always less than 1.0
The mean is always greater than the median.
The mean, median, and mode are all equal.
95 percent of scores fall within one standard deviation.
81
Kelsey is a struggling actress. She supports herself, but has small roles. Maslow would say she
is trying for power
is going for esteem.
is striving for safety.
is self-actualized.
82
Which of the following is an example of discrimination?
Melissa learned to dig for earthworms only after it rains.
Al winces when he hears yelling on TV after his dad does it
Jessica continues to talk during class after it has started.
Franz always bounces a ball three times before shooting.
83
Which of the following cognitive tendencies is related to experimenter bias?
Overconfidence.
Confirmation bias.
The representative heuristic.
The availability heuristic.
84
If Lincoln, Gandhi, and Einstein scored poorly on an intelligence test. One would question if
it was normed.
it was reliable.
it was valid.
it was standardized.
85
Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Catatonia
Flat affect
Hallucinations.
Greater sensitivity towards others
86
Bailey wants to hang out with new friends outside of band. What Erikson stage is she in?
Identity vs. role confusion
Generativity vs. stagnation
Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Intimacy vs. isolaton
87
Drinking alcohol while pregnant increases the chance that the child
will suffer from mental retardation.
will be born with an addiction to alcohol.
will have a low birth weight.
will have heart disease.
88
Olivia wants to test Mozart's music and math scores. The experimental group would consist of:
Students randomly not assigned to listen to Mozart
Students who have never studies geometry
Students who already listen to Mozart
Students randomly assigned to listen to Mozart
89
Noah wants a wife who will love and support him despite all his faults. Carl Rogers says this
is unconditional positive regard
is thematic apperception
is reciprocal determinism
is narcissim
90
Attachment parenting says babies like to be held all the time. This is in line with whose work?
Gilligan
Freud
Harlow
Piaget
91
Tyler finds a strong, negative correlation between hours spent meditating and stress levels.
People who meditate tend to have higher stress levels
People with low stress levels meditate more
Meditation lowers stress levels in humans
If a person meditates daily, they will not experience stress
92
A girl who watches a ball game and thinks the players are growing when they run towards her is
explains her inability to use binocular cues.
demonstrating place theory
shows incomprehension about how to use Gestalt principles
shows the fact that she is still developing size constancy.
93
Which structure is found in the middle ear?
Cochlea
Auditory nerve
Stirrup
Organ of Corti
94
In vision, the goal of accommodation is
to focus the image on the retina.
to help the eyes rotate.
to protect the lens.
to maximize the amount of light that gets through the pupil.
95
Which of the following is a somatoform disorder?
Masochism
Generalized anxiety disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Conversion disorder
96
The part of the brain most responsible for making decisions is the
thalamus
corpus callosum.
amygdala
prefrontal cortex
97
Which of the following is an example of hostile aggression?
Lula screams at her cat to scare it off the table.
Joe beats up a man at an ATM to steal his money.
Ann pushes a man out of the way to grab a shirt off the rack
Billy shoots a deer in order to feed his family.
98
Dan learned five pennies line out is the same as five stacked. Piaget would guess he is how old
4 years
8 years
1 year
2 years
99
What theory suggests that using the term girls to refer to women might affect views of women
Social learning theory
Signal detection theory
Linguistic relativity hypothesis
Nativist theory of language
100
Jake is a fun-loving, easy going fellow. He rarely gets angry or upset. Which fits him best?
Type B personality
Self-Actualized
Introverted temperament
Internal locus of control
101
Which theory of motivation best explains why some people enjoy dangerous activities?
Incentive theory
Arousal theory
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Drive reduction theory
