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Review for final exam AP Psychology
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1
The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
serial position effect
tip of the tongue phenomenon
state-dependent memory
retrograde amnesia
2
Which Freudian construct is believed to protect us from anxiety by making memories go away?
repression
pleasure principal
ego ideal
super ego
3
Barbara is a talented architect. Which intelligence will she most heavily rely on?
musical
naturalist
linguistic
spatial
4
Which is an example of social facilitation?
student scores better on test w/ classmates not strangers
athlete performs better in front of a crowd than at practice
editor's productivity is better when given a private office
kid smiles more to family members than with strangers there
5
A trait that appears in an kid only when both parents have the gene for that trait is called:
polygenic
dominant
recessive
autosomal
6
Lithium carbonate is used to treat?
agoraphobia
bipolar disorder
dissociative fugue
anorexia nervosa
7
The Gestalt principle that refers to the tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as whole is:
motion parallax
proximity
closure
figure-ground
8
Money most often modifies people's behavior because it is a powerful
discriminative stimuls
negative reinforcer
conditioned stimulus
secondary reinforcer
9
Receptors for olfaction are located
taste buds on the tongue
in the dermis
in the nasal cavity
basical membrane of the cochlea
10
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?
valium
peyote
cocaine
marijuana
11
Immediately after firing, a neuron is incapable of responding to stimulation. What is this?
action potential
threshold difference
refractory period
depolarization
12
Learning that is not demonstrated at the time it occurs is called
latent learning
social learning
conceptualization learning
insight learning
13
Electrodes are attached to the scalp while data is collected on the activity of the brain
EEG
PET
MRI
CT
14
Difficulty remembering new materials because of previously learned information
cue-dependent forgetting
repression
reconstruction
proactive interference
15
students get about the same score on the second admin. of a test as they did on the first, its
reliable
normed
objective
valid
16
Which parenting style is characterized by high demands for obedience and low warmth?
permissive
authoritarian
authoritative
neglectful
17
Neo-Freudian theories differ from Freud in that they are less likely to
call for the use of group therapy as a mode of treatment
account for cognitive development
emphasize the libido
emphasize the ego
18
Which of the following is an example of discrimination learning?
dog trained to drool to a tone doesn't drool to any other
pigeon trained to peck red key sometimes pecks an orange one
a dog still drools to a bell after ten trials of extinction
a four-year-old calls her aunt "mommy"
19
Which best describes the placebo effect?
can be brought about by a person's expectations
found only in people in psychoanalysis
can be induced by antipsychotic drugs
typically experienced by people in long-term therapy
20
The pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light?
saturation
brightness
size
hue
21
Pam gets $ for A's. Her parents are capitalizing on what?
extrinsic motivation
reactance
instinctive needs
intrinsic motivation
22
Experimental research differs from correlational research in that experimental research:
establishes a mathematical relation
allows for prediction
may reveal a causal relation
defines the strength of the relation
23
When stimuli in a task occur in a predictable way, the processing of the first task is
sequential
top-down
contriolled
automatic
24
Hypothetical and deductive thinking are marks of which Piaget stage of cognitive development
preoperational
conservation
formal operations
concrete operations
25
A person who experiences long episodes of sadness and loss of interest in life might have
specific phobia
major depressive disorder
agoraphobia
GAD
26
Which of the following explains the role of the thalamus in hunger?
responds to environmental cues like the sight of food
effective in triggering hunger but not depressing it
acts with the endocrine system to control hunger
monitors stomach contractions to determine extent of hunger
27
Which of the following explains jet lag?
decrease in duration of alpha waves
disruption in circadian rhythm
excessive amounts of NREM sleep
increase in REM rebound
28
In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior is?
dependent variable
hypothesis
control
placebo
29
Using a paper clip to unlock the door to your house is an example of avoiding:
inductive reasoning
functional fixedness
deductive reasoning
syllogistic reasoning
30
A kind of learning that is indicated by the ability to recall a list of words in reverse order?
procedural
serial
latent
state-dependent
31
All of the following a projective tests EXCEPT
inkblot tests
sentence completion tests
MMPI
TAT
32
Negative afterimages are explained by
color detection by rods
dichromatic color perception
the trichromatic theory
opponent-process theory
33
Certain phobias are more common than others. This is best explained by what concept:
spontaneous recovery
stimulus discrimination
stimulus generalization
biological preparedness
34
Chomsky said understanding a sentence involves which transformation between structures?
simple to complex
surface to deep
symbolic to analytic
perceptual to functional
35
A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT:
multiple choice questions
uniform instructions
criteria for scoring
reliabitiy
36
According to psychoanalytic theory, Tom's constant shoplifting suggests his _ is underdeveloped
ego
defense mechanism
superego
id
37
The process by which group decisions may be distorted due to no different viewpoints present?
groupthink
pluralistic ignorance
intellectualizing
just-world hypothesis
38
Which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
slower bodily function
vivid, distorted images not based on sensory input
improved memory function
decreased pain sensatio
39
The depletion of which neurotransmitter is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease?
dopamine
norepinephrine
GABA
acetylcholine
40
In memory experiments on free recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the
better recall of items at the middle
better recall of items at the beginning
diminished recall of items at the end
better recall of items at the end
41
a particular group of brain cells seems to provide a basis for observational learning are:
afferent neurons
motor neurons
efferent neurons
mirror neurons
42
According to social learning theory, aggression is the result of which of the following?
death instinct
displacement
modeling
post-conventional thought
43
John is usually nice, but gets stressed and becomes irritable. The Big 5 would say John is
high in conscientiousness
high in introversion
low in agreeablness
high in neuroticism
44
which would result from an injury to the medulla?
issues regulating hunger
receptive aphasia
disruption of heartbeat and breathing
visual problems
45
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
correlated with dreaming
decreased blood pressure and heart rate
marked increase in muscle tone
alternates with NREM in 30-minute cycle
46
Which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye?
causes by a bleaching of rhodopsin in the rods
caused by excess bipolar cells in retina
occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
most apparent in low levels of light
47
Alan goes to the doctor every few weeks thinking something is wrong. What is actually wrong?
anxiety disorder
mood disorder
somatoform disorder
personality disorder
48
Individuals are most likely to obey when demands are made by a
physically attractive individual
subordinate
legitimate authority
close friend
49
In some situations, the larger the number of bystanders, the less likely anyone will help.
altruims
antisocial behavior
ethnocentrism
diffusion of responsibility
50
In a right handed person, which ability is predominantly a function of the right hemisphere?
speech
language comprehension
writing
spatial reasoning
51
People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have
a phobia
an affective disorder
a compulsion
a panic disorder
52
The function of dendrites is to
receive info from other neurons
secrete neurotransmitters to the post-synaptic neuron
connect the cell body with the terminal branches
provide energy for the synthesis of acetylcholine
53
Of the following, which is essential for operant conditioning to occur?
a behavioral consequence
partial reinforcement
a stimulus substitution
spontaneous recovery
54
One way to reduce intergroup conflict is to establish
diffusion of responsibility
bystander apathy
group polarization
superordinate goals
55
In developmental psychology, one plus of a cross-sectional study over longitudinal is:
controls for cognitive ability
controls for cultural influence
controls for gender
requires comparatively little time
56
Ethical principles created by the APA ensure human participants in research
get paid for time and trouble
have not participated in similar research in the past
protected from physical and psychological harm
keep the purpose of the research confidential
57
The belief that behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts is from which theory
humanistic
biological
psychoanalytic
behavioral
58
Information is relayed to the spinal cord or the brain by:
afferent neurons
T cells
Schwann cells
efferent neurons
59
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
darkness of a room and the time needed for rods to adjust
intensity of stimulus and its corresponding psych sensation
60
Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people is referred to as
self-justification
discrimination
stereotyping
dissonance