AP Psych Exam Review

All of the following are examples of a projective test EXCEPT

Most effective treatment for individuals with schizophrenia

Introspection, a research tool used by early psychologists, is a technique which involves

Electrodes are attached to the scalp while data is collected on the activity of the brain.

When you take the AP Psych exam TOMORROW it will be this type of test!

An evolutionary psychologist would explain that humans desire social interaction, acceptance

Which type of therapy focuses on treating a disorder by changing maladaptive thinking?

The depletion of which neurotransmitter is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease?

In an experiment to test the effect of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior is

A trait that appears in a kid only when both parents have the gene for that trait is called

Brain structure most responsible for the formation of new memories

Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?

According to social learning theory, aggression is the result of which of the following?

Which is an example of social facilitation?

In memory experiments on free recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the

The psychological experience of pitch is related to a sound wave's

The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation

Which statistical measure shows how the scores in a group differ from the mean of that group?

Texting while driving increases the chance of an accident because sending a text requires...

Which Freudian construct is believed to protect us from anxiety by making memories go away?

Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people is referred to as

The intensity at which a sound becomes audible for a given person is known as the individual’s

Systematic desensitization is most likely to be used in the treatment of

Fluoxetine (Prozac) has been shown to reduce depression primarily by

Which area of the brain is responsible for processing auditory information?

In psychological experimentation, a statistically significant difference refers to a

People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have

Difficulty remembering previously learned material because of new information

In Pavlov's experiments, the food was the ___

Which of the following would be true of a thermometer that always reads three degrees off?

Which of the following would result from an injury to the medulla?

To reduce the effects of confounding variables in an experiment, researchers most commonly use

Learning that is not demonstrated at the time it occurs is called

Hypothetical and deductive thinking are marks of which Piaget stage of cognitive development

Hindsight bias often leads people to perceive research findings as....

The process by which group decisions may be distorted due to no different viewpoints present?

Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood

Carl Jung's storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from a person’s ancestral past

Noam Chomsky believes that children acquire language through this...

Using a paper clip to unlock the door to your house is an example of avoiding

One way to reduce intergroup conflict is to establish

A person with damage to Broca’s area would most likely demonstrate

An example of an internal attribution for a student’s failing exam grade would be that the

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT:

Certain phobias (i.e. spiders, heights) are much more common than others due to...

In Pavlov's experiments, the conditioned stimulus was the __ & the conditioned response was __

An industrial-organizational psychologist would be most likely to study the ...